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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 ...
Murder in Oklahoma law constitutes the intentional killing, under circumstances defined by law, of people within or under the jurisdiction of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in the year 2020, the state had a murder rate somewhat above the median for the entire country. [1]
Oklahoma statute books still provide the death penalty for first-degree rape, extortionate kidnapping, and rape or forcible sodomy of a victim under 14 where the defendant had a prior conviction of sexual abuse of a person under 14 [6] [7] [8] but the death penalty for these crimes is no longer constitutional since the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court ...
The Feb. 14, 2018, shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School killed 17 people, including 14 students, and wounded 17 others. The shooter has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Okmulgee police chief Joe Prentice said that the victims had each been shot in the head one to three times with a 9 mm pistol when they were found near a creek and in a heavily wooded area in ...
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.
Police say McFadden shot and killed his wife Holly McFadden, 35; Holly's three children Tiffany Guess, 13; Michael Mayo, 15; and Rylee Allen, 17, as well as Tiffany's friends Ivy Webster, 14, and Brittany Brewer, 15; furthermore, he sexually assaulted Webster and Brewer, and all victims had been shot in the head, some multiple times, according to an autopsy report.
Jul. 12—COLUMBUS, Kan. — A suspect in a shooting incident in rural Cherokee County was captured in Oklahoma City and is awaiting extradition back to Kansas. The Cherokee County Sheriff's ...