Criminal Justice

The Tulsa County District Attorney’s office has dropped charges against one of three Sperry students accused of rape by instrumentation.

Wendell Grissom, 56, was declared dead by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester at 10:13 a.m. It was Oklahoma’s first execution of 2025.

Defendants aren’t necessarily told fines and costs, which are specific to each criminal case, before they agree to pay the total amount.

Recommendations from the speakers included investing in treatment courts and services, improving jail data collection, implementing universal intake screening and increasing diversion services.

This week’s recommendation from the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board marks a significant shift in a process Thompson has described as “death every three years.”

He was 15 when he killed his sister’s abuser. Even after years of good conduct, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has rejected recommending him for release.

Correctional officers at state-run prisons will wear the devices, which can record audio and capture footage even if the officer fails to hit the record button.

Jimcy McGirt, the man behind the landmark McGirt case, is slated to appear before the Seminole Nation District Court Tuesday.

Reporter Keaton Ross of Oklahoma Watch discusses his story about a lawsuit that argues the state's parole process for juvenile homicide offenders is unconstitutional.

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals urged the Legislature to change the law to allow pregnant medical marijuana card holders to be prosecuted for child neglect.