Oklahomans serving life without parole sentences for crimes committed as juveniles
There are 36 people still serving life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles.
Brianna Bailey April 17, 2019
There are 36 people still serving life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles.
Brianna Bailey April 17, 2019
The courts have ruled that most juveniles in prison are entitled to a ‘meaningful opportunity for release.’
Brianna Bailey April 17, 2019
“I should have gone to prison,” Dana Barker said. “I did something horrible, but I don’t know that I should have given up the rest of my life.”
Brianna Bailey April 17, 2019
The courts say dozens of Oklahoma prisoners serving life without parole for crimes they committed as teenagers have the right to new sentences, but many are still waiting for a second chance.
Brianna Bailey April 17, 2019
Many Oklahomans serving life without parole for crimes committed as juveniles have struggled to get their cases reopened for a new sentencing hearing or even to get the courts to appoint them an attorney.
Brianna Bailey March 25, 2019
In one unsuccessful plot, Maldonado-Passage allegedly gave a worker at the Wynnewood Zoo an envelope stuffed with $3,000 in cash, a new cell phone and a fake ID and sent him to Florida to kill his rival.
Brianna Bailey March 25, 2019
Construction of the Oklahoma County jail was funded by a temporary penny sales tax that built the problem-riddled facility. But there was no new, permanent source of revenue to totally pay for the maintenance and upkeep of the jail after the sales tax expired.
Brianna Bailey March 13, 2019
OU’s baboon breeding program has been transferred to the Michale E. Keeling Center near Bastrop, Texas.
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