Legislation and Advocacy
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Help Julius Jones, now on Oklahoma’s death row, get a new trial
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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Panel to study constitutionality of Oklahoma death penalty system
by Graham Lee Brewer, The Oklahoman, March 30, 2016 Backed by a national research group, a newly formed commission of former elected officials, prosecutors, judges, public defenders and advocates will study the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s death penalty over the next […]
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Video: Glossip Defense Lawyer Appeals to Public for Proof of Innocence
Richard Glossip is scheduled to be executed on September 16, 2015 for the 1997 murder for hire death of Barry Van Treese. A team of lawyers – Don Knight, Kathleen Lord and Mark Olive – has volunteered to work on […]
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