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    Makah court defers prosecution for 5 who killed gray whale

    Neah Bay, Washington (AP)

    A Makah tribal judge has deferred prosecution for five tribal members who killed a gray whale last September in an unsanctioned hunt off the Washington coast.

    The May 14 decision came months after the Makah Tribal Council had publicly promised to prosecute those responsible and had called the hunt “a blatant violation of our law.”

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