How four states – including Oklahoma – use fetal personhood to punish pregnant women
Hundreds of women who used drugs while pregnant have faced criminal charges — even when they deliver healthy babies.
With a thumbs up, Oklahoma executes Jemaine Cannon for 1995 Tulsa murder
Cannon was the second person executed by Oklahoma in 2023, and the ninth since the state resumed use of the death penalty in 2021. Two more executions are scheduled this year as the state continues to empty out its death row.
Oklahoma is set to execute second death row inmate of 2023
Jemaine Cannon, 51, is set to die for the 1995 murder of Sharonda White Clark. Cannon will be the second person Oklahoma has put to death this year and the ninth since the state resumed executions in 2021.
Richard Glossip is running out of options to escape the death penalty, but he’s been down this road before
Oklahoma has scheduled Glossip for death nine times since 2015. With just weeks remaining before his scheduled execution, he’s relying on an unlikely ally to save his life – Attorney General Gentner Drummond.
A man’s death in jail was ruled a homicide. Family and friends are still waiting for someone to be charged
A prosecutor is reviewing Ronald Gene Given’s death at the Pottawatomie County jail again after The Frontier sued for the release of surveillance video showing a violent encounter with detention officers.
Criminal justice reform efforts driving fundraising in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana
“Really, the heart of this petition is about criminal justice reform,” said Michelle Tilley, campaign manager for Yes on 820. The group has raised over $3 million to support legalizing marijuana in Oklahoma.
Shot by Shot: Tracking Oklahoma police shootings in 2023
There were at least 25 fatal police shootings in Oklahoma in 2023.
Video shows an Oklahoma man’s fatal struggle with jailers
Pottawatomie County officials released a redacted video with blurred faces after The Frontier sued for its release.
