Though the clause has rarely been enforced, it remains an applicable way for tribes that signed treaties to seek justice for crimes committed against them by citizens of the United States.
[1] All of the Great Peace Commission treaties included nearly-identical Bad Men Clauses.
The first article in the treaty holds a bad men clause that requires the US to prosecute and punish white settlers who commit crimes against the Sioux.
[3] The officer pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in jail, though a lawsuit against the United States government by the minor's family, which was seeking "future medical, rehabilitative, and psychological counseling, treatment, and therapy", was thrown out since the girl lived "outside the boundaries of the reservation recognized by the Treaty".
[4] With the expansion of man camps in Canada and the United States, some have suggested the use of bad men clauses to be invoked when sexual violence is used against Native American victims.