Inmate’s last hours tick by as appeals continue for stay
A flurry of last-minute court filings on behalf of death row inmate Richard Glossip continued Tuesday, with his lawyers continuing to press for a stay due to new evidence.
State law, timing dictate actions required if sheriff steps down
Glanz, who testified last week for three hours in front of a grand jury investigating him and the sheriff’s office, has hinted recently in interviews with The Frontier that he has at least considered resigning, something he had previously claimed he would not do.
County commissioner frustrated by response to juvenile justice center proposal
The new $45 million center would consolidate all Tulsa County Juvenile Court facilities into one facility and include a 55-bed detention center.
Listen Frontier: Law, order and the power of the people
Staff writers Dylan Goforth and Kevin Canfield talk about the many stories this week from the sheriff’s office, an upcoming execution, and how the city saved $130,000 thanks to a single tweet.
Frontier Reads: A restless writer roams with the buffalo
Steven Rinella moves astutely across such treacherous fields as anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, geology and biology.
Audit shows more than 80 percent of TCSO reserves had deficient training files
Only one advanced reserve deputy — the highest classification in the program — was listed as not being deficient, according to the audit released to the media Thursday.
Attorneys say Benjamin Cole is incompetent, seek stay of upcoming execution
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.
Records: TCSO fight against grand jury cost at least $23,000
The firm’s efforts eventually proved futile. The grand jury began meeting in early August and has to date interviewed 24 people, including Sheriff Stanley Glanz and a number of former and current deputies.
