Author: Darla Shelden
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Oklahoma death row prisoners’ secure right for new trial in their Eighth Amendment challenge to state lethal injection protocol
By Darla Shelden, City Sentinel Reporter — OKLAHOMA CITY – Today (Wed,, August 11) Federal District Judge Stephen Friot issued a dramatic ruling that the prisoners’ Eighth Amendment challenge to the protocol may proceed to a trial on the merits […]
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The OK-CADP 2021 Virtual Annual Awards Program to feature Marc Howard and Honor Local Abolitionists on June 5
For Immediate Release – Thursday, April 8, 2021 OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (OK-CADP) will host its 2021 Virtual Annual Awards Program on Saturday, June 5. The fundraising event will be held at 5:00 […]
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New evidence in death penalty case supports Julius Jones’ claims of innocence
By Darla Shelden, The City Sentinel Newspaper, March 1, 2021 OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorneys for Oklahoma death row prisoner Julius Jones have released what they consider “new and compelling evidence of his innocence. On death row since 2002, Jones claims […]
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