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  2. Capital punishment in Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Capital punishment in Oklahoma. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The state has executed the second largest number of convicts in the United States (after Texas) since re-legalization following Gregg v. Georgia in 1976. [1] Oklahoma also has the highest number of executions per capita in the United States. [2]

  3. Chumming - Wikipedia

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    Chumming the water for great white sharks at Guadalupe Island. Chumming (American English from Powhatan) [1] is the blue water fishing practice of throwing meat-based groundbait called "chum" into the water in order to lure various marine animals (usually large game fish) to a designated fishing ground, so the target animals are more easily caught by hooking or spearing.

  4. Prescott v. Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission

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    Dr. Bruce Prescott, James Huff, Donald Chabot, and Cheryl Franklin, Plaintiff-Appelants, v. Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission, Defendant-Appelee. Decided. July 27 2015. Citation. 2015 OK 54, 373 P.3d 1032. Case history. Prior history. Plaintiff appealed from the decision of the District Court of Oklahoma County.

  5. List of counties in Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    County A in Oklahoma Territory: Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States: 36.04 34,562: 959 sq mi (2,484 km 2) Logan County: 083: Guthrie: 1891: County 1 in Oklahoma Territory: John A. Logan, American Civil War general: 71.18 53,029: 745 sq mi (1,930 km 2) Love County: 085: Marietta: 1907: Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation ...

  6. Thompson v. Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    VIII, XIV. Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988), was the first case since the moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in the United States in which the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a minor on grounds of "cruel and unusual punishment." [1] The holding in Thompson was expanded on by Roper v.

  7. Two Oklahoma County jailers arrested, fired after contraband ...

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    Gannett. Nolan Clay, The Oklahoman. August 23, 2024 at 6:54 AM. The Oklahoma County jail is shown at left in the Oklahoma City skyline. Two detention officers at the Oklahoma County jail have been ...

  8. Gun laws in Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    Private sales. In Oklahoma (under state law), private sales of firearms are legal. However, knowingly selling a firearm to a person who cannot legally purchase or possess the firearm (such as a convicted felon or drug addict) is illegal, and punishable by up to 180 days in jail. Under state law, one must be 18 to buy a firearm of any type from ...

  9. Oklahoma County jail officials reevaluate medical provider ...

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    September 4, 2024 at 8:14 AM. Oklahoma County officials are reviewing a contract with jail health care provider Turn Key Health Clinics after delaying a vote on a new deal with the company worth ...