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Oklahoma prosecutors say they will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 ...
Between 2012 and 2015, nine inmates in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary ... Most inmates in the prison system are in the “general population,” meaning they share a cell or larger dormitory ...
Penny McCarthy is suing the federal agents who insisted she was a fugitive despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Most of the 23 states that still have an active death penalty allow a certain number of journalists to witness executions, as ...
U.S. Marshals wrongly arrested and detained the 66-year-old grandmother at her Phoenix home, according to the lawsuit.
Background: In April 2025, Ashlynd Huffman, a reporter for The Frontier, submitted an open records request to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections seeking reports on the death of an inmate and other ...
A Wisconsin man doing time for trying to kill his mother was convicted Wednesday of strangling his cellmate to death.
Attorney General Gentner Drummond's Office is appealing the ruling to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. Oklahoma Department of Corrections ... of 77-year-old Mary Bowles in Tulsa and ...
Oklahoma is preparing to execute a man whose transfer to state custody was expedited by the Trump administration.
The state expects to take over the facility July 25. “This move not only strengthens our public safety infrastructure, but also reflects our commitment to better outcomes for staff, inmates and the ...
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections will take over the privately run Lawton Correctional Facility on July 25, aiming to improve safety and oversight.