JURIST
APRIL 19, 2024
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.
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.
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JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
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.
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
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
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. 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.”
The Crime Report
MARCH 3, 2022
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
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 18, 2024
Louisiana that the Sixth Amendment (as incorporated against the states by the 14th Amendment) guarantees criminal defendants the right to a unanimous jury, it meant a 12-person jury — not a six-person jury, which is all that Florida affords some felony defendants. relisted after the Sept. 12 conferences; rescheduled before the Dec.
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