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Oklahoma to execute a man who killed a woman 20 years ago in a random home-invasion robbery

An Oklahoma man is scheduled to be executed for fatally shooting a woman during a home-invasion robbery 20 years ago

The Independent UK

A federal inmate transferred to Oklahoma to be put to death

A former federal prison inmate is now in Oklahoma custody as the state seeks to execute him for a 1999 killing in Tulsa

The Independent UK

US Supreme Court Orders New Trial For Richard Glossip

Richard Glossip granted new trial by US Supreme Court due to false testimony in 1998 murder conviction. Oklahoma AG considering retrial options.

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Richard Glossip Wins New Trial After Supreme Court Decision

Richard Glossip granted new trial by U.S. Supreme Court due to prosecutorial misconduct in 1997 murder case.

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Did Glossip and the Oklahoma Attorney General Collusively Conceal Evidence to Win Their U.S. Supreme Court Case?

Justice Thomas observes in his dissent that "the parties collusively excluded" evidence—which I presented to the Court for the victim's family—"in order to reach a predetermined outcome." And the Court majority offers no defense of this deceitful maneuver.

Reason

He's had three 'last meals' on Oklahoma's death row. The Supreme Court has now tossed his conviction

A death row inmate in Oklahoma who has been scheduled for execution nine separate times and been fed three “last meals” has won a new trial after the U.S. Supreme Court tossed his murder conviction

The Independent UK

Bondi orders federal inmate transferred for execution

Donald Trump’s newly installed attorney general is ordering the transfer of a federal inmate so he can be executed

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Oklahoma board denies clemency for man on death row, clears path for March execution

An Oklahoma board has rejected clemency for a man sentenced to die for fatally shooting a woman during a 2005 home-invasion robbery

The Independent UK

Can a charter school be religious? The Supreme Court decision about St. Isidore, a Catholic school in Oklahoma, could redraw lines around church and state in education

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Oklahoma can open St. Isidore: an online Roman Catholic charter school named after the patron saint of the internet. If affirmed, the school would be the nation’s first faith-based charter – a sea change in education law, expanding the boundaries of government…

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Dispute over first publicly funded religious charter school in Oklahoma makes its way to the Supreme Court

Case raises questions about the separation of church and state as Oklahoma Republican leaders advocate in favor of Catholic public charter school

The Independent UK

Oklahoma wants federal inmate transferred so he can be put to death

Oklahoma’s top prosecutor is asking the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer an inmate to state custody so that he can be executed for killing a 77-year-old woman in 1999

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DOJ finds Oklahoma City police discriminate against people with behavioral disabilities

A U.S. Department of Justice investigation has found Oklahoma City and its police department have discriminated against people with behavioral health disabilities

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Brickbat: Getting Hands-On

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has intervened to dismiss a felony assault charge against an Oklahoma City police officer who… The post Brickbat: Getting Hands-On appeared first on Reason.com.

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Officer Accused of Significantly Injuring Elderly Man During Traffic Stop Gets Assault Charges Dropped

Aggravated assault charges filed against the Oklahoma police sergeant accused of severely injuring an elderly man during a traffic stop have been dismissed.

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Oklahoma AG Dismisses Felony Charge Against Police Officer

Oklahoma AG dismisses felony charge against officer who assaulted 71-year-old man, sparking debate over police conduct.

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Chicken fried steak, burger and fries: Oklahoma man who killed 10-year-old girl has feast before execution

“The decision to execute me on my birthday and six days before Christmas was a needlessly cruel thing to do to my family,” Kevin Ray Underwood said in his final statement

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"Bizarre" SCOTUS death penalty hearing

Even Oklahoma's Republican attorney general backs Richard Glossip — but court is focused on "procedural niceties"

The Independent UK

Supreme Court takes up death row case with a rare alliance. Oklahoma inmate has state's support

The Supreme Court is returning to the case of Richard Glossip, who has spent most of the past quarter century on Oklahoma’s death row for a murder he says he did not commit

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Oklahoma Death Row Inmate Seeks New Trial

Supreme Court reviews Richard Glossip's case in Oklahoma involving doubts about his conviction and innocence.

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Oklahoma death row inmate had three 'last meals.' He's back at Supreme Court in new bid for freedom

Nine times the state of Oklahoma has set a date to execute death row inmate Richard Glossip

Reason

Glossip v. Oklahoma: The Story Behind How a Death Row Inmate and the Oklahoma A.G. Concocted a Phantom "Brady Violation" and Got Supreme Court Review (Part I)

Glossip alleges that his prosecutors withheld evidence at his murder trial—and the Oklahoma A.G. curiously supports his claim. But the prosecutors didn't withhold anything. And the victim's family remains enmeshed in decades of frivolous capital litigation that has now reached the Supreme Court.

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A parole board recommended clemency for Emmanuel Littlejohn. Oklahoma executed him anyway

Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, was executed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester

The Conversation

Supreme Court of Oklahoma says no to Catholic charter school – but this may not be the end of the boundary-pushing saga

In Oklahoma, the start of the school year is just six weeks away. But one closely watched school that had planned to open in 2024 is now in limbo: St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, a tuition-free, online, K-12 institution.

Reason

Oklahoma Supreme Court Finds Catholic Charter School Unconstitutional

The case hinged upon the idea of what a publicly funded school can teach. But parents do have a role to play in that conversation.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma Supreme Court shuts down ‘unconstitutional’ taxpayer-funded Catholic school

Republican governor intends to appeal to Supreme Court as GOP officials test church-and-state firewalls

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