For non-white adult victims of sexual assault, denial rates by the Oklahoma Victims Compensation Program were even higher, according to the data.
A state program can deny families victim aid if it is believed the victim contributed to their own death. The practice hits black families the most, data shows.
While announcing the delay, Tulsa District Court Judge Sharon Holmes asked for patience and apologized to Corey Atchison for delaying her ruling.
The agenda contained measures to accept a loan from the town’s developer, consider a special assessment to customer bills to pay for an attorney, and to hire former DEQ attorney Rob Singletary.
On Saturday, Carlton Landing’s water board met and passed a measure that would “not allow any further bypasses to occur” from the lagoon system, unless it was through the DEQ-authorized aeration system or by hauling the water out to an approved treatment facility.
Mark Barrett and Greg Swygert, the attorneys representing Tommy Ward, spoke with The Frontier this week about the status of Ward’s case to have his 1989 murder conviction and life sentence overturned, the more than 300 pages of newly-discovered evidence related to the case, and why they believe Ward is innocent.
Attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons said one child may have a permanent brain injury after she was shot last month by officers pursuing her uncle.
After revelations the town’s water district had pumped millions of gallons of water from its sewage lagoons onto U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land and into Lake Eufaula, records show progress on building projects the town requested on public land was ordered halted.
