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The Crime Report
JANUARY 17, 2022
Prosecutors have been aided by a 2020 Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruling that held women can be charged with child neglect for using drugs during pregnancy, a felony that can carry up to a life sentence. 37 Oklahoma doctors signed a letter denouncing the practice.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 18, 2024
Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court made substantial progress at last week’s conference to reduce the accumulation of relisted cases. But the court denied review without recorded dissent to two-time relist Alaska v.
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JonathanTurley
JULY 27, 2021
There is a no stand-your-ground case out of Oklahoma where Alexander Feaster, 46 is claiming that he shot Kyndal McVey, 27, in the back while she ran away as an act of self-defense. 911 (1825), courts have ruled that “[n]o man can do indirectly that which he is forbidden to do directly.” In famous cases like Bird v. Holbrook , 4 Bing.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. After a dispute over the trademarks for remote controls used to operate heavy construction equipment, a jury awarded Oklahoma-based Hetronic International, Inc. A short explanation of relists is available here.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
As courts around the country are asked to determine whether the longstanding federal restriction on marijuana, which classifies it as having no currently accepted medical use, conflicts with Second Amendment gun rights. Federal judges in Oklahoma and Texas, as well as the U.S. Kovaleski reports for the New York Times.
JURIST
APRIL 28, 2022
Oklahoma lawmakers Thursday gave final approval on an abortion bill allowing private citizens to bring civil action against abortion providers. Since Oklahoma Senate passed “Heartbeat Act,” the bill now heads to the governor’s desk for approval. Oklahoma passed a near-total abortion ban earlier this month.
JURIST
APRIL 6, 2022
The Oklahoma House of Representatives voted Tuesday to enact a law that makes it a felony to perform or attempt to perform an abortion, except to save the life of the pregnant woman in a medical emergency. Since the Supreme Court refused to enjoin the Texas law in December 2021 in Whole Women’s Health v.
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