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3. Whether due process of law requires reversal, where a capital conviction is so infected with errors that the State no longer seeks to defend it. 4. Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals' holding that the Oklahoma Post-Conviction Procedure Act precluded post-conviction relief is an adequate and independent state ground for the judgment.
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.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals is one of the two highest judicial bodies in the U.S. state of Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma Court System, the judicial branch of the Oklahoma state government. [1] As of 2011, the court meets in the Oklahoma Judicial Center, having previously met in the Oklahoma State Capitol. [2]
The Oklahoma Indigent Defense System is the system in Oklahoma that provides trial, appellate, and post-conviction criminal defense services to persons judicially determined to be entitled to legal counsel at expense to the state. The Oklahoma Indigent Defense System was created by and is responsible for implementing the Oklahoma Indigent ...
The Oklahoma Survivors’ Act lets domestic violence victims seek a sentence modification if they can show their abuse contributed to the crime. Oklahoma prosecutor accused of undermining abuse ...
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]
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Bob Burke is an Oklahoma City constitutional lawyer, author and historian. He has written three books about the Oklahoma Supreme Court scandal of the 1960s.