“We have already experienced some legislative resistance to the move to Stillwater and as many pieces as we can have in place sooner rather than later will make this deal hard to break up,” Matt Stacy, who at the time served as the agency’s hospital surge plan adviser, wrote.
Marvin Keith Stitt is seeking to get a Tulsa traffic ticket tossed because he is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation.
The Oklahoma Constitution entitles parents to a trial in front of a jury before their rights are terminated and children in foster care can be adopted. Some lawyers and foster parents say this right causes delays in child welfare cases.
Minutes before falling unconscious, Stouffer smiled and laughed with his spiritual advisor. He told God to forgive those who were putting him to death.
Critics of the decision to move a state laboratory from Oklahoma City to Stillwater said they are not surprised a federal investigation found problems with staffing levels and COVID-19 testing protocols.
After more than 30 years on death row, Stouffer maintains his innocence but said he would rather die than spend life in prison.
Covering the death penalty is difficult, and often ugly, but it’s a responsibility I take seriously.
A Frontier investigation earlier this year found that dozens of Oklahomans with severe mental illness waited months in county jails for treatment at a state hospital.
