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Oklahoma House passes controversial immigration bill criminalizing ‘impermissible occupation’

JURIST

The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Bill 4156 on Thursday by a vote of 77-20, which proposes the creation of the criminal act of impermissible occupation, targeting individuals who willfully enter and remain in Oklahoma without legal authorization to be in the United States. It’s not solution-focused.

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Oklahoma Woman Charged with Murder After Giving Elderly Mother the Gun Used in Suicide

JonathanTurley

Now there is another equally troubling case out of Oklahoma , though the criminal charges should be less controversial. Watts is charged with felony murder connected to caretaker abuse and kidnapping. ” That is a felony, so the death can constitute felony murder. The case raised difficult free speech questions.

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Woman Charged With Manslaughter After Miscarriage Some Connect to Drug Use

The Crime Report

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.

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Oklahoma’s Justice ‘Success Story’

The Crime Report

Since the reforms, “Oklahoma’s criminal justice system has gotten smaller, less expensive, more fair, and more just,” claimed the report by FWD.us, a nonprofit justice think tank. Oklahoma spends more than $552 million on the prison system each year without any real public safety benefits.” ” FWD.us

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Oklahoma Man Shots Unarmed Woman in the Back After She Tears Down His Nazi Flag

JonathanTurley

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. Feaster (an Air Force veteran) said that he was ready with his AR-15 rifle after being warned by a neighbor of a “plot” by “antifa activists.”

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Are Legal Marijuana Users Being Denied Their Second Amendment Rights?

The Crime Report

Penalties can be stiff: knowingly making a false statement on the document, for instance, is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and fines. Federal judges in Oklahoma and Texas, as well as the U.S. Users say the situation is depriving them of their constitutional right to own a gun.

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Reviving the ‘Power of a Pardon’

The Crime Report

For example, in 20 states, — including California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Wyoming — a pardon offers the only way to regain firearms rights lost because of a past conviction. Put simply, a pardon is a powerful sign of “official forgiveness,” that can help someone get their life back on track. “But

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