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Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Advisory Council appoints a new director to guide reform
Liberty and incarceration are opposites but "justice for all" should apply to people in or out of jail, says the new director ...
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Oklahoma Bill Proposes Death Penalty for First-Time Child Sex Crime Offenders
Oklahoma's House Committee passed a bill allowing the death penalty for severe sex crimes against children under 14, even for ...
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Bill that would have updated Oklahoma's 'failure to protect' law doesn't get hearing
“Ensuring our state's laws provide strong protections for Oklahoma's children is central to the work of the District Attorneys Council and the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association, a ...
House committee approves bill adding death penalty for first-time child rape offenders
A bill that would introduce the death penalty as a possible punishment for first-time offenders convicted of forcible anal or ...
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Attorney general’s office to investigate Ward 1 Councilmember Austin Ball amid legal challenges
The Oklahoma attorney general’s office accepted a petition on Thursday to investigate Ward 1 Councilmember Austin Ball ...
Other tribes allowed to join lawsuit against area district attorneys over jurisdiction
The U.S. Justice Department claims that District Attorneys Matt Ballard and Carol Iski were illegally prosecuting tribal ...