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WEBFields of Green: A Frontier and ProPublica investigation into Oklahoma’s medical marijuana black market. Chinese criminal networks have taken over much of the illicit marijuana market in Oklahoma, stoking a wave of crime that includes violence, money laundering and human trafficking. And authorities suspect some of those involved have links ...
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 …
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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.
We fact-checked what Oklahoma law says about teaching ... - The …
WEBJul 11, 2024 · Claim: Oklahoma law already allows the Bible to be taught in public schools. Source: “Oklahoma law already explicitly allows Bibles in the classroom and enables teachers to use them in instruction,” Phil Bacharach, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office said in statements to several …
An Oklahoma prison will close as the federal government moves …
WEBMar 22, 2021 · The Biden Administration’s move away from the use of private prisons will shutter a facility in the western Oklahoma town of Hinton that houses federal inmates. The private prison company The GEO Group Inc. will close its 1,940-bed Great Plains Correctional Facility in Hinton at the end of May. The …
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 ...
Still Waiting: Convicted of murder as a teenager, Dana ... - The …
WEBApr 17, 2019 · Barker now hopes for a new sentencing hearing that could give her a second chance at freedom. When she was 17, Barker says she was a troubled, angry teenager who had suffered years severe physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her late father, Joe Barker. “There was never an escape,” she said.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...