JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2023

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a motion seeking more time between seven upcoming executions to ease the burden on the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC) and allow more time to prepare for executions. Public support for the death penalty in Oklahoma remains high.

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JURIST

JUNE 6, 2023

The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted on Monday to accept the application for the establishment of the Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. Currently, Oklahoma has six charter schools that operate to provide online full-time public education to varying grade levels.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation filed a complaint in US federal court Wednesday against the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, accusing the city of violating tribal sovereignty by writing tickets to tribal members for traffic violations committed within reservation boundaries.

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JURIST

JANUARY 22, 2022

The Supreme Court Friday granted review of Oklahoma v. Oklahoma , which held that a large portion of eastern Oklahoma, in fact remains an Native American reservation and that only the federal government has the power to try certain crimes committed by any Indian. In 2020 the justices decided McGirt v.

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JURIST

JUNE 29, 2022

The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that the state of Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans who commit crimes against Native Americans on tribal territory. Castro-Huerta appealed the ruling to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, which vacated his conviction as a result of McGirt. This decision clarifies the 2020 McGirt v.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed Tuesday a $465 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for public nuisance through its prescription opioid marketing campaign in the state. The Court applies the nuisance statutes to unlawful conduct that annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, or safety of others.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 24, 2025

“Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case; The proposal to create the nations first religious charter school paid for by taxpayer funds could move the line between church and state in education”: Troy Closson of The New York Times has this report. ” David G. ” David G.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 24, 2025

In a brief unsigned order , the justices agreed to review a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that rejected an effort by a Catholic online school to become the nations first religious charter school. In Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. She did not provide any explanation for her recusal. Drummond and St.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 12, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Friday vacated a previous ruling that dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Oklahoma-based Muscogee (Creek) Nation, who challenged the construction of a casino in Alabama on land they claim is sacred.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Barbara Hoberock of Oklahoma Voice reports that “ Oklahoma voters opt to remove one Oklahoma Supreme Court justice.” Scott Carter and Jordan Gerard of The Oklahoman have this report.

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EvidenceProf Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

In a first, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma has suspended a prosecutor who spied on jury deliberations in a murder trial? Oklahoma Bar Association v. So, what happened? Let's look at Tuesday's opinion of the court in State ex rel.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Richard Glossip, who is on death row in Oklahoma for his role in the 1997 murder of motel owner Barry Van Treese, should get a new trial. Prosecutors have never contended that Glossip himself killed Van Treese, who owned the Oklahoma City motel where he worked.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

“On Power & the Law: McGirt v. ” Law professor Maggie Blackhawk has posted this essay at SSRN.

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Above The Law

JUNE 13, 2024

Farley The post Oklahoma Supreme Court Dashes Hope Of Justice For Tulsa Massacre Survivors appeared first on Above the Law. ‘A legal system only begins by foreclosing the past. Only wrongs within the system can be made right.’ - Anthony P.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2024

US Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond submitted an appeal to the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday. The preliminary injunction , which was issued last month, prevented Oklahoma from enforcing the bill. However, critics of the Bill argue that it promotes racial profiling.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

“Oklahoma executes inmate who dies vomiting and convulsing”: Sean Murphy of The Associated Press has this report.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Share Eight years after the Supreme Court blocked his execution so that it could consider a challenge to Oklahoma’s lethal-injection protocol, the justices agreed on Monday to take up the case of Richard Glossip , who is seeking to set aside his conviction and death sentence. The justices are now in their four-week winter recess.

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ABA Journal

MAY 8, 2023

Supreme Court on Friday stayed the execution of an Oklahoma inmate after the state attorney general said he supported vacating the conviction. In…

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Oklahoma , has empowered Oklahoma tribal authorities to prevent capital punishment for native Americans in most of the state. Meanwhile, USA Today reports that a landmark Supreme Court decision last year in McGirt v. Tribes have no say on whether state courts can access the death penalty.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2022

The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta , a case concerning the court’s 2020 decision that removed Oklahoma’s jurisdiction over many crimes in large parts of the state that remain classified as reservations. . ” A decision is expected by the court by mid-June.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Attorney Generals Office agrees to transfer prisoner from Louisiana for Oklahoma execution”: Emma Murphy of Oklahoma Voice has this report. “U.S.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

“Put out of office by voters, Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice has no regrets”: Barbara Hoberock of Oklahoma Voice has this report.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Oklahoma: The Story Behind How a Death Row Inmate and the Oklahoma A.G. Concocted a Phantom ‘Brady Violation’ and Got Supreme Court Review (Part II); Glossip and Oklahoma have no response to the fact that that Glossip’s defense team knew all about the allegedly ‘withheld’ Brady information.”

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2025

I would therefore grant the stay application and petition for writ of certiorari, vacate the judgment of the Fifth Circuit, and remand for that court to address Mr. Hoffmans RLUIPA claim in the first instance Presently, four states permit execution by nitrogen hypoxia Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 22, 2024

“Supreme Court to Reconsider Execution Oklahoma No Longer Backs; Oklahoma inmate has had nine execution dates set; State no longer stands behind conviction”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 7, 2025

Heres the Friday morning read: Texas tells Supreme Court it shouldn’t be ‘left holding the bag’ for US nuclear waste (Maureen Groppe, USA Today) Oklahomas dirty political laundry on full display as U.S.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The Department of Justice on Thursday announced an investigation into Oklahoma’s Mental Health System based on Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The DOJ’s investigation will include community outreach to hear about people’s experience with OKCPD and Oklahoma’s mental health services. .

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OCTOBER 3, 2024

Oklahoma: The Story Behind How a Death Row Inmate and the Oklahoma A.G. Concocted a Phantom ‘Brady Violation’ and Got Supreme Court Review (Part III); Courts must be cautious in death penalty and other criminal cases when presented with a prosecutor’s confession of ‘error’ — such the Oklahoma A.G.’s

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 22, 2022

James Coddington, an Oklahoma death row inmate whose “drug-induced psychosis” led to his “impulsive” killing of a 73-year-old man, according to a psychiatric examination, is slated for execution on Aug. His killing would be the first of two dozen scheduled to take place in Oklahoma.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

“Attack ads target 3 Oklahoma Supreme Court justices ahead of November vote”: M. Scott Carter of The Oklahoman has this report.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 1, 2021

“Convicted Oklahoma killer contends McGirt is retroactive”: The Associated Press has this report on a petition for writ of certiorari filed in the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 5, 2023

Share The Supreme Court put the execution of Richard Glossip on hold on Friday afternoon to give the justices time to consider the Oklahoma man’s appeals. The court’s brief unsigned order came four days after Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a highly unusual brief supporting Glossip’s request to stay his execution.

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JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2023

Oklahoma Department of Corrections Wednesday reversed a decision denying the presence of Scott Eizember’s spiritual advisor at his execution. The reversal of the decision was announced by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Steven Harpe. The decision to deny access to Rev.

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JUNE 5, 2023

“Catholic charter school proposal greenlighted for Oklahoma state sanctioning, taxpayer funding”: Andrea Eger of The Tulsa World has this report. And Sarah Mervosh of The New York Times reports that “ Oklahoma Approves First Religious Charter School in the U.S.;

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APRIL 6, 2023

“Oklahoma eyes first US religious charter school after Supreme Court rulings”: John Kruzel of Reuters has this report. The post “Oklahoma eyes first US religious charter school after Supreme Court rulings” appeared first on How Appealing.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

“Oklahoma Supreme Court justice recuses herself from lawsuit over Ryan Walters’ Bible mandate”: Murray Evans of The Oklahoman has this report.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Hours after the Supreme Court lifted a lower Oklahoma court’s stay of execution, John Marion Grant died convulsing and vomiting from the sedative midazolam, the first in a three-part lethal cocktail used by the state to execute death row inmates that is potential fodder for death penalty critics. The trial is expected to begin in early 2022.

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