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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JURIST

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Only hours before he was set to be executed, Julius Jones’ death sentence was commuted Thursday by Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt. On November 1, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended that the Governor grant Jones clemency. Several walkouts in protest of the execution were held at high schools across Oklahoma.

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SCOTUSBlog

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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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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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

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

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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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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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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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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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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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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 18, 2022

Oklahoma v. In McGirt , the justices ruled that land throughout much of eastern Oklahoma remains a Native American territory. Thus, Oklahoma did not have the power to prosecute Jimmy McGirt, an enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, for three serious sexual offenses that took place in this area. Oklahoma v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted Oklahoma to carry out its first execution in six years, reversing a lower court that had halted the execution over concerns that the state’s lethal-injection procedure may cause cruel and unusual punishment. 18 execution of Julius Jones.

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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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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 26, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a request by Oklahoma to allow the state to retain custody of a death-row inmate while the court considers whether to clarify the implications of last year’s decision holding that Oklahoma lacks jurisdiction over certain crimes committed on land reserved for Native Americans.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether the murder conviction of Richard Glossip, a death row inmate in Oklahoma, should be set aside due to a witness having given false testimony in court and state prosecutors having failed to disclose key information about the witness. ” The US Supreme Court rejected that challenge.

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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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JANUARY 26, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Friday morning appointed a former clerk to Chief Justice John Roberts to defend a ruling by an Oklahoma court leaving in place the conviction and death sentence of Richard Glossip – even after the state’s attorney general agreed that they should be set aside. He has also served as an assistant to the U.S.

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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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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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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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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

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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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

“Oklahoma Supreme Court: $465 million verdict in Johnson & Johnson opioid case thrown out.” Barbara Hoberock of The Tulsa World reports that “ Opioid public nuisance ruling reversed by Oklahoma Supreme Court.” ” You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma at this link. .”

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

“Oklahoma Supreme Court rules school districts, not governor, should decide mask mandates”: Nuria Martinez-Keel of The Oklahoman has this report. ” You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma at this link. .”

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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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JUNE 29, 2022

“Supreme Court Narrows Ruling for Tribes in Oklahoma; The decision followed a landmark 2020 ruling that said much of eastern Oklahoma falls within Indian reservation lands, limiting the authority of state prosecutors”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

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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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JURIST

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The US Supreme Court, on Thursday in a 5-3 decision , voted to reinstate the execution of John Marion Grant, allowing Oklahoma to commit its first execution in six years. In 2014 and 2015, the state of Oklahoma executed Clayton Lockett and Charles Warner using the sedative midazolam to reduce the pain of the heart-stopping drugs.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 6, 2021

“Oklahoma attorney general urges Supreme Court to overturn McGirt”: Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has this report. Shanmugam appears as counsel of record for Oklahoma on the cert. ” And Sean Murphy of The Associated Press reports that “ Man whose case led to landmark ruling reconvicted by feds.”

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APRIL 7, 2023

“Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip’s conviction should be overturned, new AG says”: Nolan Clay of The Oklahoman has this report. And Carmen Forman of The Tulsa World reports that “ Oklahoma AG asks court to vacate Richard Glossip’s conviction.”

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