Legislation and Advocacy
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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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Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Responds to Supreme Court Ruing on Lethal Injection
On June 29, 2015, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Glossip v. Gross, ruling that the anti-anxiety medication midazolam is constitutional for use as the first drug in a three-drug lethal injection formula. The case […]
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