Video shows an Oklahoma man’s fatal struggle with jailers
Pottawatomie County officials released a redacted video with blurred faces after The Frontier sued for its release.
Oklahoma’s new Attorney General will take control of two more cases involving alleged misuse of public funds
Gentner Drummond will decide whether to file charges in cases involving Swadley’s restaurants and Commissioners of the Land Office once investigations conclude.
Oklahoma executes Scott Eizember, the first of 11 planned executions for 2023
“I’m glad our enemy is dead,” said a family member of A.J. and Patsy Cantrell, who Eizember killed in 2003. Eizember, in his final statement, said “my conscience is clear, completely.”
State Rep. Ryan Martinez charged with felony in connection with October DUI arrest
Martinez was found by police sitting in the driver’s seat of his parked car. Oklahoma law forbids anyone convicted of a felony from serving in the Legislature.
IMPACT: Appeals court affirms order to release video to The Frontier of Oklahoma man’s fatal struggle with detention officers
The Frontier sued Pottawatomie County jail officials after they withheld records related to the death of Ronald Gene Given in 2019.
Oklahoma puts Richard Fairchild to death, tying the state with Texas for most executions this year
Fairchild, convicted in the brutal murder of a 3-year old boy, is the state’s fifth execution of 2022. Almost one-third of U.S. executions this year have taken place in Oklahoma.
In Oklahoma’s largest county, one of the most important criminal justice roles in the state is set to change hands
One candidate has in the past threatened to set himself on fire over abortion and has little experience as a prosecutor. The other is a former prosecutor turned defense attorney who carries the baggage of being a Democrat in a deeply conservative state.
Oklahoma executes diagnosed schizophrenic Benjamin Cole over attorneys’ protests
Cole is the sixth man Oklahoma has put to death since resuming executions in 2021. Three more executions are scheduled before the end of the year.