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Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared

Associated Press  

McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 fatal shooting of a convenience store owner after the governor again rejected a recommendation from the state’s parole board to spare a death row inmate’s life. Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and was declared dead at 10:17 a.m. “A …

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Controversial Project 2025 pitched by right-wing conservatives on RNC outskirts
5 months, 1 week ago

Controversial Project 2025 pitched by right-wing conservatives on RNC outskirts

Raw Story  

MILWAUKEE — Despite former President Donald Trump’s denial of any connection to the conservative presidential transition plan known as Project 2025, the initiative’s driver, the Heritage Foundation, promoted the platform mere blocks from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, attracting officials and personalities from the party’s most conservative wing. “It meant that there was no limit to what someone could …

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Oklahoma executes double killer despite clemency recommendation
1 year ago

Oklahoma executes double killer despite clemency recommendation

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Phillip Dean Hancock, 59, received a …

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Oklahoma executes man who claimed self-defense in a 2001 double killing
1 year ago

Oklahoma executes man who claimed self-defense in a 2001 double killing

Associated Press  

McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for a double killing in 2001, despite his claims of self-defense and a board’s clemency recommendation that the governor waited until the last minute to reject. Hancock long claimed that he shot and killed Jett, 37, and Lynch, 58, in self-defense after the two men attacked him inside Jett’s home in south …

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Oklahoma’s top education official embraces culture wars
1 year, 7 months ago

Oklahoma’s top education official embraces culture wars

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — When Oklahoma’s newly elected Republican head of public schools campaigned for the job last fall, he ran on a platform of fighting “woke ideology” in public schools, banning certain books from school libraries, empowering parents with school choice and getting rid of “radical leftists” he claims were indoctrinating children in classrooms across the state. Instead, Walters, a …

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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt defeats Democrat Joy Hofmeister
2 years, 1 month ago

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt defeats Democrat Joy Hofmeister

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt held off a bruising challenge to his reelection on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Joy Hofmeister despite millions of dollars in attack ads against him. “We’re going to keep this momentum going for four more years.” Hofmeister, 58, had been blasting Stitt on the campaign trail for his voucher-style plan to divert public education …

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Oklahoma governor denies clemency for death row inmate
3 years ago

Oklahoma governor denies clemency for death row inmate

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. The Republican governor’s decision clears the way for Bigler Stouffer II, 79, to receive a lethal injection at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. He said at his parole board hearing last month that Ivens was shot as the two men fought over a gun at Ivens’ home, and that Reaves …

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Stitt taps Tulsa man for AG despite ‘not qualified’ rating
3 years, 5 months ago

Stitt taps Tulsa man for AG despite ‘not qualified’ rating

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — A Tulsa attorney whom the American Bar Association rated as “ not qualified " to serve as a federal judge was tapped Friday by Oklahoma Gov. In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the then head of the association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Paul Moxley, said O’Connor’s unanimous rating was on the basis of …

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Trump supporters, protesters face off outside Oklahoma rally
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump supporters, protesters face off outside Oklahoma rally

Associated Press  

TULSA, Okla. — President Donald Trump’s supporters faced off with protesters shouting “Black Lives Matter” Saturday in Tulsa as the president took the stage for his first campaign rally in months amid public health concerns about the coronavirus and fears that the event could lead to violence in the wake of killings of Black people by police. “Since the media …

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