My records requests in the days following Lockett’s 43-minute execution weren’t overly broad considering the situation: emails to and from the governor and key state officials, DOC logs and investigative reports.
Ziva’s had a busy month: Pulitzer finalist, new job adventure, first U.S. Supreme Court hearing. Oh, yeah… her youngest son is also graduating.
Wayne Thompson was convicted for a crime he committed when he was 15 years old. His family has been trying to win his release ever since.
The Robert M. Greer Center was facing over $500,000 in fines for failing to protect clients from threats to their safety. But the state decided to instead hire a consulting company to suggest changes at the facility.
The city of Vinita is facing a lawsuit filed Monday seeking an injunction and court ruling against the city’s recently passed emergency ordinance related to the coronavirus pandemic.
The facility’s “Phase Policy” required offenders’ cells to be locked even if the prisoner was not inside the cell. The policy was criticized in the Inspector General’s report by both prisoners and staff members who responded to the incident, who said the locked doors prevented them from immediately locking down prisoners on the unit.
Internal DOC documents allege that prison officials violated state corrections policy by intentionally destroying audio and video surrounding the event, and heightened danger faced by prisoners and responding staff by requiring cell doors be locked at all times.
Rob Night recounts the success and failures of his two-and-a-half-year tenure as chief public defender, and decries the state’s “broken” criminal justice justice system.
