Oklahoma
249 ABA Journal Oklahoma articles.
Death sentences and executions remain low and geographically isolated, according to a year-end report released Thursday by the Death Penalty Information Center.
Dec 16, 2021 9:21 AM CST
Federal jurors in Cleveland on Tuesday found that CVS, Walgreens and Walmart are liable for contributing to the opioid epidemic in two Ohio counties.
Nov 24, 2021 10:23 AM CST
A former Oklahoma judge admitted to consensual “sexual conduct” with a prosecutor but said it didn’t affect his rulings in a murder case after their relationship ended. Former Judge Tim Henderson acknowledged the relationship in a written statement.
Nov 17, 2021 3:06 PM CST
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned
a $465 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson,
accused of creating a public nuisance through a misleading marketing campaign that promoted opioid use.
Nov 10, 2021 9:44 AM CST
Oklahoma inmate John Marion Grant convulsed and vomited Thursday during an execution that happened after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay in a 5-3 vote.
Oct 29, 2021 10:17 AM CDT
En banc 4th Circuit will rehear school dress-code case
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond, Virginia, has granted an en banc rehearing to consider a challenge to…
Oct 22, 2021 4:07 PM CDT
The median starting salary for public defenders is $63,638, according to information supplied by public defender offices in larger cities throughout the United States.
Oct 21, 2021 12:16 PM CDT
In two summary reversals Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for police officers who kneed a suspect with a knife and fatally shot another man wielding a hammer.
Oct 18, 2021 10:44 AM CDT
After a favorable ruling in state court, Oklahoma’s attorney general is withdrawing a cert petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn or limit a decision that upended the state’s criminal justice system.
Sep 7, 2021 2:22 PM CDT
States with laws that prohibit indoor masking requirements, including at schools, might discriminate against students at risk for severe illness if they contract the COVID-19 virus, according to an Aug. 30
news release from the U.S. Department of Education.
Aug 30, 2021 2:12 PM CDT
Federal judge orders vaccination as bail condition
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff of Manhattan on Tuesday ordered a drug defendant to receive a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of bail.…
Aug 20, 2021 3:00 PM CDT
Oklahoma’s criminal justice system is grappling with the impact of a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year ruling that a large part of eastern central Oklahoma is an American Indian reservation.
Jul 26, 2021 4:16 PM CDT
Federal juror’s internet research cost over $11K
A federal judge in New Jersey has held a juror in contempt and fined him more than $11,000 for conducting internet research on…
Jun 30, 2021 4:35 PM CDT
Perkins Coie wins suit dismissal because of ‘stateless’ partners
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago has ruled that former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page can’t sue Perkins…
Jun 22, 2021 4:53 PM CDT
Arizona officials have “gone to considerable lengths to revive the state’s mothballed gas chamber,” according to
a recently released report by the Guardian.
Jun 7, 2021 9:02 AM CDT
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