Criminal Justice

Enacted in late 2024, the law allows domestic violence survivors to seek reduced sentences if abuse was a “substantial contributing factor” in the crime they committed against the perpetrator.

A Tulsa lawmaker’s bill would start prisoners at a higher privilege level to reward good behavior.

Oklahoma leads the nation in executing death row inmates. Now, multiple Oklahoma-based organizations are joining the effort to end that practice.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has spent millions on body cameras with the stated goal of increasing transparency, but is refusing to release recordings to the public.

A Tulsa County judge on Thursday denied a resentencing request for a domestic violence survivor who argued her long prison term should be reduced under the Oklahoma Survivors' Act.

As the number of successful medical parole applications stagnates, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted unanimously earlier this month to request a legal opinion on who has the authority to refer a prisoner to the medical parole docket.

April Wilkens will remain in prison after Tulsa County District Judge David Guten on Thursday denied her request to be resentenced under the Oklahoma Survivors' Act.

A Tulsa County judge on Friday denied early release for Erica Harrison, the first person in the county to receive a resentencing hearing under the Oklahoma Survivors' Act.

The report, released by nonprofit Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform, concludes property crime has gone down by nearly a third in the state.

For the first time since the Oklahoma Survivor’s Act went into effect nearly a year ago, a resentencing hearing was held Tuesday in Tulsa County District Court.