Newborn screening identifies rare diseases that can cause disability, death or serious health issues if not treated quickly. Dozens of Oklahoma hospitals are failing to send tests to the state lab in a timely manner.
The Cimarron Correctional Facility has had several violent incidents over the past several years, including a unit-wide riot in 2013 and at least two riots in 2015.
A 2011 law dissolved the Oklahoma Human Rights Commission and transferred its duties and $500,000 budget to Attorney General Scott Pruitt. Since then, he’s cut the staff in half and filed just three discrimination cases in court. His office also has not provided a report on racial profiling to the governor’s office, as required by state law.
Amber Hilberling, a Tulsa woman whose high-profile murder conviction drew national attention, was found dead of a suspected suicide in her prison cell Monday, DOC officials confirmed early Tuesday.
Is death row inmate Benjamin Cole a brain-damaged schizophrenic or simply a devoutly religious man who has accepted his fate? Defense attorneys for Cole and the state of Oklahoma are at odds over his Oct. 7 execution date.
Benjamin Cole believes that his role is to bring glory to the Lord’s name and now he thinks that the 2002 murder of his infant daughter was part of that prophecy, his attorneys say.
Attorneys representing the state and the warden of Cole’s prison argue he’s simply a devoutly religious man who is lucid enough to be aware of his upcoming execution date.
Richard Glossip has been speaking out about his conviction and upcoming execution for months. But what does his accomplice have to say about the case? Cary shares the story behind her story.
One lawyer was accused of accepting gifts valued at more than $1.4 million, including a $500,000 home, from his elderly client. Another was overwhelmed with a busy practice and ignored clients’ complaints. What happens when lawyers go bad?
