A Look Back: Scandal that reshaped the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office started small
Robert Bates went to prison. Sheriff Stanley Glanz was indicted and ended a storied career in disgrace. The scandal that rocked Tulsa and the country.
Dylan Goforth March 14, 2025
Robert Bates went to prison. Sheriff Stanley Glanz was indicted and ended a storied career in disgrace. The scandal that rocked Tulsa and the country.
Ashlynd Huffman March 13, 2025
Records show one Oklahoma women’s prison rarely substantiated abuse allegations or forwarded cases for criminal prosecution. Victims sometimes fear reprisal from other prisoners and staff.
For the Frontier Daphne Duret, Daja E. Henry, Christie Thompson, Lakeidra Chavis, Geoff Hing and Wilbert L. Cooper, The Marshall Project March 12, 2025
The administration appears set to end federal oversight of police, including agencies that have committed systemic civil rights violations.
Brianna Bailey March 10, 2025
Sheriff Chris Amason answered The Frontier’s questions about reports of detainees being denied clean clothing, toilet paper and medical care.
Brianna Bailey March 10, 2025
One judge told Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office officials that there were “serious constitutional concerns” about conditions at the jail including lack of access to attorneys, health care and clean clothing.
Dylan Goforth and Ashlynd Huffman February 25, 2025
Glossip has been on death row for two decades and has survived nine execution dates. Now the United States Supreme Court has tossed his conviction.
Garrett Yalch February 20, 2025
Proposed laws target organized crime in the marijuana industry. Are they enough?
Clifton Adcock February 17, 2025
The confession is one of the few remaining pieces of evidence tying Karl Fontenot to the killing of an Ada convenience store clerk in 1984.
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