Weigel said he has started making improvements based on the eight recommendations of the Tulsa County grand jury that recently concluded its work. However he said he is waiting for a report by an outside group commissioned by the county before making other changes.
A self-taught historian, Lee Roy collected pieces of Tulsa’s past that some people would rather stay buried. He combed through old photo albums, scoured flea markets and searched obscure library archives to find much of his material.
I believe it’s my job as a journalist to hold public officials accountable for incompetence and dishonesty. In the case of Oklahoma’s recent executions — both planned and aborted — there’s evidence of both.
Glossip was scheduled to be put to death at 3 p.m. Wednesday but the state didn’t have the right drug so he received a 37-day stay.
During a busy day at the courthouse Monday, Sheriff Glanz told The Frontier he is tired of the controversy surrounding his office and doesn’t know whether he will leave office early. Meanwhile, attorney Clark Brewster appeared for a closed hearing before a judge, refusing to comment on whether he has been subpoenaed.
A string of botched executions in Ohio, Oklahoma and Arizona as well as exonerations in many states have fueled media coverage and brought more scrutiny of the process. Why do some executions grab the national spotlight while others happen quietly in obscurity?
Oklahoma was three hours away from executing Richard Glossip before the court system threw two serious wrenches in the state’s execution machine Wednesday
The plaintiffs were paying fees on their utility bills that should have covered out of pocket costs for ambulance service but were turned over to a collections agency and sued, states the lawsuit, filed by Tulsa attorney Robert Pezold.
