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WEBAshlynd Huffman September 6, 2024. Prison contractor The Geo Group tried to negotiate a $3 million pay increase with Oklahoma this year. But records show state prison officials found the company violated its contract by failing to lock prisoners in their cells, conduct security checks and leaving prisoners alone in pods without staff supervision.
Judge orders second man in Ada's 'Innocent Man' case freed, state …
WEBDec 21, 2020 · Courtesy Netflix. An Oklahoma judge has ordered the second defendant in Ada’s so-called “Innocent Man” murder case to be immediately freed after spending 35 years in prison and excoriating investigators and prosecutors for withholding favorable evidence from his defense team for decades. Tommy Ward, who was convicted twice for …
Federal appeals court upholds overturned conviction in Ada …
WEBJul 14, 2021 · A federal appeals court has upheld a decision to overturn the conviction of one of two men in the 1985 kidnapping and murder of an Ada convenience store worker. Along with co-defendant Tommy Ward, Karl Fontenot was convicted twice in the kidnapping and murder of Donna Denise Haraway from an Ada convenience store in 1984 and sentenced to life ...
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WEBAbout Us. Ashlynd Huffman. Courtesy. The Frontier has a mission to produce fearless, independent journalism with impact. We hold those in power accountable, give a voice to the powerless and tell stories that matter to Oklahomans. We strive to produce fair, accurate reporting governed by our code of ethics.
What is a mental health crisis, and what do you do if someone is ...
WEBAug 21, 2018 · COPES (Mobile Psychiatric Crisis Services): The free, confidential 24/7 service is available to anyone in Tulsa County and responds to mental health crises experienced by adults and children. 918-744-4800. Mental Health Association’s free Oklahoma Community Referral Line can help connect you to mental health services: 918-585-1213 and 405-943 ...
Judge in Innocent Man case agrees to suppress original …
WEBUPDATE Feb 23, 2024: A Tulsa County judge granted a motion to suppress the 1984 confession of Karl Fontenot on Friday afternoon, but stopped short of addressing the defense’s motion to dismiss the case.The state has 30 days to appeal the ruling to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. Fontenot, who was in the courtroom in Tulsa on Friday, declined to comment, but early in the hearing ...
Oklahoma’s Jim Inhofe reflects on more than three decades in the …
WEBJan 11, 2023 · In 2015, Inhofe famously brought a snowball onto the Senate Floor in an attempt to disprove the existence of climate change. He also authored a book in 2012 titled The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future.. Inhofe called for a criminal investigation into top climate change scientists in 2009, claiming they “manipulated data to prove the scientific ...
Doerflinger a member of secret, ‘luxury’ social club since 2010
WEBMar 27, 2016 · For the past six years, state Finance Secretary Preston Doerflinger has been a member of the Royal Order of Jesters, a secretive social club that celebrates drinking and bills itself as “a luxury organization” only for those “who can afford it.”. Doerflinger was inducted into the Tulsa chapter of the Royal Order of Jesters, affiliated ...
Attorneys in Ada "Innocent Man" murder case say they were …
WEBMay 16, 2019 · Attorneys for one of the defendants featured on the recent Netflix series The Innocent Man say the trove of documents recently found at the Ada Police Department indicate that there are possibly other records related to the case that have yet to be uncovered.. And Ward’s defense team is also asking for the public’s help to track down further information in the case.
We fact-checked Oklahoma’s book-banning controversy - The …
WEBSep 20, 2022 · Fact Check. Editor’s note: Sept. 18-24 is Banned Books Week, with events nationwide protesting censorship. An Oklahoma teacher attracted national media attention and is out of the classroom after sharing a library QR code with students. And there have been reports of some Oklahoma school districts yanking classic titles from library shelves.
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