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A Louisiana prison official responds to claims by a prisoner, Tony Johnson, that he was sexually abused by a corrections officer, saying an internal prison investigation found them "unsubstantiated."
Treat was serving a 10-year prison sentence for robbing a woman at gunpoint in Tulsa County in 2021. Hand said she believed he would be safer behind bars because he got mixed up in drugs and crime ...
People grow and change, even those in prison. Modification should be available to first-time offenders. ... As of January 2018, one in eight Oklahoma prisoners were serving a sentence of life with ...
Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court redefined what constitutes a "search" or "seizure" with regard to the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC or ODOC) is an agency of the state of Oklahoma. DOC is responsible for the administration of the state prison system . It has its headquarters in Oklahoma City , [ 2 ] across the street from the headquarters of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety .
Under the state Constitution, the Governor of Oklahoma may grant a commutation of the death sentence, but only with advice and consent of the five-member Pardon and Parole Board. [9] Two inmates post-Furman had their death sentences commuted. [10] Governor Lee Cruce commuted every death sentence imposed during his administration (1911–1915). [10]
The tough-on-crime movement of the 1990s led to the need for more inmate housing nationwide and in Oklahoma. Private prisons answered the call. As recently as five years ago, about 1 in 3 male ...
Sumner v. Shuman, 483 U.S. 66 (1987) – Mandatory death penalty for a prison inmate who is convicted of murder while serving a life sentence without possibility of parole is unconstitutional. Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for child rape and other non-homicidal crimes against the person.