By Patrick B. McGuigan and Darla Shelden for The City Sentinel OKLAHOMA CITY, OK –Nearly 200 guests attended the 28th Annual Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (OK-CADP) Awards Dinner & Meeting on Saturday, June 8 at the Capitol View Event […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Oklahoma State Conference of the NAACP is calling on Oklahoma County district attorney David Prater to release case files on death row prisoner Julius Jones “in order to promote public trust in both the criminal […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – On Friday, September 28, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA) dismissed a petition by death row prisoner Julius Jones, seeking a hearing to present new evidence of racial bias in his case. This new evidence, […]
By Patrick B. McGuigan and Darla Shelden The City Sentinel Newspaper, Friday, July 6, 2018 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The ABC documentary series, “The Last Defense,” executive produced by Academy award winning actress Viola Davis, will air the three final […]
by Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel editor OKLAHOMA CITY, April 25, 2017 – The Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission issued a unanimous recommendation that the state extend the moratorium on the death penalty which has been in place for […]
OK-CADP advances alternatives via public education, legislative advocacy, & research towards our mission to abolish the death penalty in Oklahoma.
OK-CADP 2018-2019 Executive Board: Chair – Rev. Don Heath Vice Chair – Dr. Elizabeth Overman Secretary – vacant Treasurer: Margie Roetker Chair Appointed Member – Leslie Fitzhugh Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty is a grassroots membership organization working […]
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ACTION ALERT: In 1999, Julius Darius Jones, an African American 19-year-old former high school basketball state champion and star football player on academic scholarship at the University of Oklahoma, was arrested days after a businessman was shot to death in […]
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By Ben Felder, Feb. 26, 2019 NewsOK.Com Gov. Kevin Stitt announced three appointments to the state’s Pardon and Parole Board on Tuesday that he said will bring a “fresh perspective” to a board from which he wants more inmate applications. […]
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By Darla Shelden June 11, 2018 The City Sentinel OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (OK-CADP) has announced the election of its 2018-2019 board of directors. Rev. Don Heath was re-elected as the organization’s […]
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This is the press release originally sent out on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 by Richard Glossip’s legal defense team member, Don Knight, regarding the press conference on Monday, Sept. 14, 2015 at 10 a.m, to be held at the Oklahoma […]
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