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21 May 2020, 8:50 am by jlucivero
(Oklahoma City, OK – May 21, 2020) Governor Kevin Stitt signed a new law cracking down on unreliable jailhouse informants— incarcerated witnesses who testify in exchange for leniency in their own cases. [read post]
24 Jul 2022, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”Over the last decade, Oklahoma’s Board of Pardons and Paroles and its governors have granted clemency petitions in only two capital cases.In 2010, Governor Brad Henry commuted the sentence of Richard Tandy Smith on the grounds that life without parole was a more just punishment than execution.And in November 2021, Governor Kevin Stitt commuted Julius Jones’s death sentence. [read post]
24 Jul 2020, 12:45 pm by Joy Waltemath
On May 21, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed into law S.B. 1946, under which a person or agent of the person who conducts business in the state is not liable in a civil action for an injury from exposure or potential exposure to COVID-19 if the act or omission alleged to violate a duty of care was in compliance or consistent with federal or state regulations, a Presidential or Gubernatorial Executive Order, or guidance applicable at the time of the alleged exposure. [read post]
7 Nov 2021, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”Following Grant’s execution, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt released a statement that made no reference to any problems during Grant’s execution. [read post]
7 Nov 2021, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”Following Grant’s execution, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt released a statement that made no reference to any problems during Grant’s execution. [read post]
17 Jan 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
Oklahoma: Stitt Inauguration Donors May Not Be Revealed Until SummerOklahoma Watch – Trevor Brown | Published: 1/10/2019 Hundreds of donors and supporters will welcome Kevin Stitt as Oklahoma’s new governor during four days of events. [read post]
1 Aug 2022, 9:00 pm by Austin Sarat
But in June 2022, a federal district judge, applying the test devised by the Court in his earlier case, ruled that the plaintiffs had fallen “well short of clearing the bar set by the Supreme Court” for lethal injection challenges.If the state succeeds in its latest plan to kill Glossip, he may suffer the same kind of death as Lockett or Grant because Oklahoma is again planning to use midazolam in its executions.But we should return to the most troubling aspect of this case: Glossip may… [read post]
28 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Chief Justice Declines to Testify Before Congress Over Ethics Concerns DNyuz – Abbie VanSickle (New York Times) | Published: 4/25/2023 Chief Justice John Roberts told the Senate Judiciary Committee he was declining its invitation to testify about ethics rules for the Supreme Court. [read post]
10 Jun 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
John Allen, who authorities say made false statements and withheld “incriminating” documents about his role in an illegal foreign lobbying campaign on behalf of Qatar. [read post]
27 May 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
A federal grand jury has started issuing subpoenas to people linked to the alternate elector plan, requesting information about several lawyers including Rudolph Giuliani and one of Trump’s legal advisers, John Eastman. [read post]
12 Jul 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 2020 Democrats Vow to Get Tough on Lobbyists The Hill – Alex Gangitano | Published: 7/7/2019 Democratic presidential hopefuls are taking aim at the lobbying world, vowing to enact sweeping reform proposals if they win election. [read post]
5 Apr 2024, 6:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal From Pizzagate to the 2020 Election: Forcing liars to pay or apologize Las Vegas Sun – Elizabeth Williamson (New York Times) | Published: 4/2/2024 Michael Gottlieb, a partner at the firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher and a former associate counsel in the Obama White House, is at the forefront of a small but growing cadre of lawyers deploying defamation, one of the oldest areas of the law, as a weapon against a tide of political disinformation. [read post]