Interactive map: What does a week of crime in Tulsa look like?
With 65 killings so far this year, Tulsa is on track to exceed last year’s homicide record of 82, said Tulsa Police Homicide Sgt. David Walker.
Report recommends major changes to Tulsa’s criminal justice system
“This shows that the population growth and increased use of the local jail is not simply a matter of the expansion of the correctional system in Oklahoma generally,” the report concludes, “but reflects mostly local decisions and policies that result in incarcerating a greater share of people in jail pretrial than the county once did.”
Let down and locked up: Why Oklahoma’s female incarceration is so high
In partnership with The Frontier, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting spent more than a year unearthing the causes. The reporting included obtaining a decade’s worth of state prison data never before analyzed by the state itself.
Following appointment of Corbin Brewster, shock, frustration, and a wait-and-see approach
Public defenders who spoke with The Frontier described a funeral-like feeling following Brewster’s appointment, but eventually softened their tone.
UPDATE: ACLU asks Mounds police chief to halt religious Facebook posts
The posts “are clear violations of a foundational constitutional principle of both the state of Oklahoma and the nation as a whole,” the ACLU letter states.
At least five lawsuits target Tulsa psychiatric facility after allegations draw national attention
At least five lawsuits against Shadow Mountain Behavioral Health have been filed in both state and federal court since April.
Corbin Brewster to replace departed Rob Nigh as Chief Tulsa County Public Defender
Several sources confirmed Brewster’s appointment to The Frontier, but requested anonymity because it had not yet been made public.
Police still unsure on motive behind hit-and-run attacks, but say they have enough to move case forward
Despite Facebook posts denigrating the poor, whatever might have motivated Jeremy Dean Thacker to allegedly attack five homeless people on Labor Day is still unknown.
