Tremane Wood is on Arizona’s death row, and fighting for his life. Death penalty opponents and liberal media are also trying to rescue him from the death penalty. When trying to overturn a death sentence in the U.S., lawyers specializing in this work often focus on legal process arguments inst[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Oklahoma’
Why do politicians intentionally violate the Constitution?
Most people think of the Constitution as a legal document: The original articles establish the structure of our government, while the Bill of Rights are rules for treating each other. The courts certainly use the Constitution and its amendments to resolve legal issues, and law students are taught to[...]
February 25th, 2022 - 12:15 am § in Environment, Politics
Oklahoma GOP Sen. Imhofe to retire
Sen. Jim Imhofe (R-OK), 87, who was re-elected to a 5th term in 2020, is expected to announce this weekend he will resign at the end of this year so his successor can be elected this coming November (see story here). Imhofe previously had said he wouldn’t run for reelection in 2026. He plans t[...]
October 28th, 2021 - 11:05 pm § in Law and Courts
Oklahoma botches 3rd consecutive execution
States using lethal injection to execute killers struggle to get execution drugs because pharmaceutical companies won’t provide them. So prison officials get creative. They go to compounding pharmacies that create the drugs for them. It doesn’t always work as it should. In fact it often [...]
April 24th, 2021 - 4:16 pm § in Law and Courts
Woman has Oklahoma felony record for unreturned VHS tape
A Texas woman recently discovered she has a felony record — one she didn’t know about — from when she lived in Oklahoma. For a rented VHS tape that wasn’t returned. That state’s criminal records say she “feloniously embezzled” the VHS tape, the NBC affiliat[...]
May 31st, 2016 - 7:05 pm § in Misc.
“Pay-for-play” cop gets 4 years for accidental killing
A wealthy insurance executive who traded favors for a badge, gun, and false training records was sentenced to 4 years in prison for accidentally* killing an unarmed robbery suspect by grabbing his gun instead of his taser. At age 74 and in failing health, Robert Bates doesn’t have 4 years to [...]
May 21st, 2016 - 10:58 pm § in Politics
Oklahoma Republicans panhandle for Obamacare money
Oklahoma’s Republican politicians hate Obamacare almost as much as they hate abortion. But now that their Republican-austerity budget is blowing up in their faces, look who’s begging for Obamacare money: “Despite bitter resistance in Oklahoma for years to President Barack Obama’s[...]
July 16th, 2015 - 7:35 pm § in Politics
Okies stage “Stand By The Flag” rally at president’s visit
Hey, this is America; you can wave any damn flag you want to. Click here and here for story.[...]
June 30th, 2015 - 12:42 pm § in Misc.
Grand jury to probe Tulsa sheriff
Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz is a good ol’ boy who doesn’t see any reason for a grand jury investigation of how he runs his office, but he’s gonna get one anyway. After “more than 6,600 Tulsa residents signed a petition asking for the investigation, though only 5,000 si[...]
April 20th, 2015 - 1:22 pm § in Misc.
Tulsa’s make-believe cop goes on a PR offensive — and his lawyer bungles the facts
Bob Bates, using his family as props, went on teevee to dispute reports that his training records were falsified that emerged after he shot an unarmed fleeing suspect with his gun, killing him, instead of tasering him, allegedly by mistake. Bates’ lawyer, who sits beside him during his NBC Tod[...]