The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The prisoners protest they had no chance of seeking redress at state level because the lawyers assigned by Arizona were so incompetent at trial that they failed to uncover crucial evidence which could have spared them from death row. Meanwhile, USA Today reports that a landmark Supreme Court decision last year in McGirt v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to block the execution of an Oklahoma man with schizophrenia, rejecting a claim from his legal team that he does not understand the reason for his execution. The post Court denies mental incompetency plea in Oklahoma execution case appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit to temporarily block the upcoming executions of two Oklahoma prisoners, Oklahoma Attorney General John M. In response to a recent decision by the U.S. O’Connor will appeal the decision to the U.S.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 17, 2021

“Paul, Weiss inked $700K contract with Oklahoma to undo tribal rights ruling”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report. According to the article, “Shanmugam normally bills at $1,824 an hour, according to the contract, but the firm agreed to a 50% discount for the state.”

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request from an Oklahoma death-row inmate to put his execution on hold while questions about the constitutionality of the state’s lethal-injection protocol are resolved. Lawyers for the 79-year-old inmate came to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, asking the justices to block his execution.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

On Thursday morning, the justices rejected a plea from Oklahoma inmate Richard Fairchild, who had asked the justices to put his execution on hold to give him time to appeal a state court’s ruling on his mental competency. Shortly after the court’s ruling, Oklahoma executed Fairchild by lethal injection.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 27, 2025

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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JURIST

MAY 4, 2022

A Tulsa, Oklahoma judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit brought by three survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre may proceed but dismissed part of the plaintiffs’ “public nuisance” claim. Damario Solomon-Simmons, a lawyer for the survivors, said “History was made today,” after receiving the judge’s ruling.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

An Oklahoma judge accused in two drive-by shootings has frontotemporal dementia, a disease that can cause “bizarre out-of-character behavior" changes, his lawyers said in an…

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Above The Law

APRIL 5, 2022

Amy Coney Barrett's Disingenuous Comments Get Some Serious Side Eye: But she's not talking to the lawyers who know better. . These Allegations Are Disturbing: And Oklahoma is seeking the death penalty. Biglaw Wedding! At the White House. Yes, KBJ Will Be Confirmed: But that won't stop the GOP from fighting.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 27, 2025

An Oklahoma lawyer has been suspended for six months for watching real-time jury deliberations on a monitor in a murder case that he prosecuted. The…

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The Crime Report

MAY 3, 2023

The looming execution of Richard Glossip in Oklahoma, now scheduled for May 18, shows us where things stand in criminal justice. The Finality of Error Justin Sneed brutally killed Barry Van Treese with a baseball bat in the Best Budget Motel in Oklahoma City on January 7, 1997.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Former Oklahoma police officers Brandon Dingman and Joshua Taylor have been convicted of second-degree murder for using their Tasers a total of more than 50 times on an unarmed man who later died, reports the New York Times.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Paul, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, took the unusual and creative step of asking a Section to assume responsibility for an initiative to examine ways that lawyers could use the internet and other electronic resources to deliver legal services to people of moderate means, more efficiently and effectively.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The post Turns Out A Penchant For Revenge Is Not Something You Want In A Lawyer appeared first on Above the Law. That whole 'character and fitness' thing will get ya!

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 7, 2021

The law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP has a reputation of supporting liberal causes, and its firm History webpage touts that “[t]he firm and its lawyers participated in efforts. to resist the death penalty by defending scores condemned to die and obtaining a historic victory in the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

(Chad Flanders, Baltimore Sun) Resolving Carpenter ‘s third-party paradox (Michael Dreeben, Elizabeth Hadley, Conor O’Shea, & Johanna Seale, Just Security) Oklahoma man executed after Supreme Court denies new lawyer more time (Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service) Utah woman hopes to challenge firearms restrictions for felons at (..)

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LegalReader

JULY 12, 2022

Oklahoma City, OK – Trucking is an industry that is subject to several different regulations at the state and federal level. This is mostly due to the dangerous nature of the work, and most regulations are put in place to help maximize driver and vehicle safety while reducing the chances of an accident. Some of.

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LLRX

MAY 25, 2022

Jim Calloway is the Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Management Assistance Program. He informs us about the range of legal services delivered by what have been designated as “primary-care lawyers.” From Calloway's perspective, there is people law, and there is business/corporate law.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

None of the forensic evidence found in Gayle’s house tied Williams to the scene and his lawyers argued there was reason to believe he was innocent. The lawyer who prosecuted Williams also testified that he excluded at least one potential juror because of that juror’s race.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Will Oklahoma's recent ruling on parentage have unforeseen spillover ? With The Arguments Elon Musk's Lawyers Are Making, Who Needs ChatGPT's Creative Writing Prompts? Whose Child Is It Anyway? Wish You Had A Clue On What The Justices Will Ask About Student Loan Forgiveness? Here's a primer. You Saw What On YouTube?!

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Lack of witnesses or a missing signature are examples of missed steps in the will execution process.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Defining what is reasonable force and what not is very complicated, but this is what you need to do when you file a civil complaint asking for damages.

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LLRX

JUNE 25, 2021

Jim Calloway is Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association Management Assistance Program and co-author of the ABA books “How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times” and “Winning Alternatives to the Billable Hour: Strategies That Work.”

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 4, 2023

Oklahoma that a large portion of eastern Oklahoma remains an Indian reservation, so that state and local governments cannot prosecute Native Americans who commit crimes on the reservation. Hooper paid the $150 fine. But two years later, the Supreme Court ruled in McGirt v. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The state of Oklahoma put James Coddington to death on Aug. It marks the beginning of a busy period at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary’s execution chamber. Photo courtesy Oklahoma Dept. Today, fewer jurisdictions are using the death penalty, but some – like Oklahoma – seem to be doubling down. James Coddingon.

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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. 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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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Before you talk to the insurance company it’s best to let an experienced lawyer look into your case to know what sort of damages you are entitled to.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Trellis has now added coverage for courts in Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. The company was launched in 2018 by Nicole Clark , a lawyer who initially began collecting data on judges for her own use while a litigation associate in Los Angeles. Last year, it raised $14.1

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LegalReader

JANUARY 28, 2022

The Federal Bankruptcy code requires that anyone seeking to file for bankruptcy attend credit counseling within 180 days of filing.

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The Crime Report

JULY 16, 2021

Low-income Americans, many of whom don’t have bank accounts, are often targets of civil asset forfeiture and struggle to afford a lawyer to recover lost assets. Working with pro bono lawyers and filing a class action lawsuit against the government, Brown and Rolin recovered the money six months later, reports The Washington Post.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Zach West serves as solicitor general for the state of Oklahoma. The state of Oklahoma, through Attorney General John M. Since Oklahoma voters prohibited racial discrimination in public education in 2012, the University of Oklahoma has maintained a diverse student body. President & Fellows of Harvard College.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Following an accident, after making sure everyone is okay, documenting the scene can prove to be invaluable information to both the authorities and insurance companies.

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MyCase

APRIL 13, 2021

Oklahoma City plaintiff’s trial lawyer Rilee Harisson noted that “firms who have excellent customer service & excellent communication with clients will be the ones that succeed moving forward.” External Communications. As Chicago criminal defense attorney Kimber A.

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LegalReader

APRIL 13, 2022

One of the very first things you should do after a truck accident is receive treatment for your injuries.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Sexual harassment is dangerous, unfair, and leads to negative life changes and costs for the victim, so their abuser should be liable for the actions they carried out.

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