Still Waiting: Convicted of murder as a teenager, Dana Barker now hopes for freedom
“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.”
Still Waiting: Oklahoma’s juvenile life without parole prisoners struggle to get attorneys, new hearings
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.
Still Waiting: Juvenile life without parole in Oklahoma
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.
Joe Exotic trial begins with accounts of murder-for hire plot, shooting sedated tigers
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.
Cell by Cell: Oklahoma County jail’s poor design contributes to safety, security issues
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.
OU’s baboon breeding program is ending, but the animals will still be bred for medical research
OU’s baboon breeding program has been transferred to the Michale E. Keeling Center near Bastrop, Texas.
Bill to rename lake named for Tulsa Klansman sinks
SB 937 would have changed the name of Lake Hudson in Mayes County to Lake Markham, in honor of a family that helped settle the area around the Grand River in the 1840s.
Jury find defendant guilty in Oklahoma City bomb sting trial
In closing arguments, Varnell’s attorney Marna Franklin painted a picture of Varnell as a lonely, troubled young man who was easily influenced by government agents to take part in the bomb plot.
