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Facing increasing pressure to dissolve, the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority voted unanimously on Friday to launch a formal review of its performance.
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Federal appellate judges are reconsidering what will happen next for Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma's death row.
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An Oklahoma County judge has yet to decide if Richard Glossip will be released on bail while he waits to be retried for murder.
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The Oklahoma Department of Corrections will spend about $74 million over two years to outsource its food service operations to the Trinity Services Group, a Florida-based company that feeds more than 300,000 prisoners and pretrial detainees daily.
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An Oklahoma appeals court ordered a stay of execution be lifted for death row inmate John Hanson, making way for him to receive a lethal injection Thursday.
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Oklahoma prosecutors will retry former death row inmate Richard Glossip for murder but won't pursue the death penalty, Attorney General Gentner Drummond said Monday.
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The Oklahoma Department of Corrections plans to purchase the Lawton Correctional Facility and take over operations by July 25.
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Legislative budget committees on Monday voted to move forward with spending $312 million to purchase a private prison in Lawton that the state uses to house about 2,300 inmates.
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The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted to deny clemency for George John Hanson, who was sentenced to death for the 1999 murder of 77-year-old Mary Bowles.
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The Prison Journalism Project found a willing partner in Kay Thompson, DOC's communications chief. The former reporter gave approval and support to the projects.
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On Thursday, an 18-year-old Afghan citizen living in Oklahoma pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit an act of terrorism on Election Day in November of last year.
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After taking a tour of the county jail, newly elected County Commissioner Jason Lowe and a group of spiritual leaders from Northeast Oklahoma City met outside the facility to share their impressions.
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An inmate who was transferred to Oklahoma last month to face the death penalty now has an execution date.
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Charges against an Oklahoma City police officer who hospitalized an elderly Vietnamese man were dismissed late last year. The officer has now resigned, according to a OKCPD spokesperson.