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Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2012 (IAVCA) is a federal law in the United States that clarifies the statutory authority for federal law enforcement agencies to provide investigatory assistance to the States. The Act provided that, upon request from a state or local government, federal law enforcement may assist in the ...
It passed the Oklahoma Senate 45-0 and the Oklahoma House 84-3. Now, it is time for the Legislature and the governor to stand with victims and sign this reform into law.
Under Oklahoma law, "a person commits murder in the first degree when that person unlawfully and with malice aforethought causes the death of another human being", or when a person, regardless of malice, kills another person with a firearm or crossbow while attempting to kill a different person, or in the commission of various other crimes, including:
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is an independent state law enforcement agency of the government of Oklahoma.The OSBI assists the county sheriff offices and city police departments of the state, and works independent of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to investigate criminal law violations within the state at the request of statutory authorized requesters.
Family members of the victims worked with Rep. Scott Fetgatter, R-Okmulgee, to pen House Bill 3992, called Knights Law, which would require people convicted of certain child sex crimes to serve ...
Advocates say more laws controlling gun access are needed to save lives in a state that has seen over 70% of abusers kill their victims with a firearm. According to the most recent report from the ...
In 2014, there were 131,726 crimes reported, including 175 murders. [1] On April 19, 1995, 168 people were murdered in the Oklahoma City bombing. On June 13, 1977, three young girls were raped and murdered at Camp Scott, a Girl Scout Camp located in Mayes County, Oklahoma. The case remains unsolved.
Since the Parkland school shooting, there have been over 280,000 people killed from gun violence. These gun violence victims' right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness came to a tragic end.