Attorney General Mike Hunter wants to move forward on the death penalty in Oklahoma despite a report showing systemic flaws that sometimes result in wrongful convictions.
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Cover Story: Chicken-Fried News year in review and predictions for 2017
CFN looks back on 2016 and makes predictions about what Okies will get up to in 2017.
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Letters to the Editor: Nov. 16, 2016
The Sooner Poll found that more Oklahomans prefer the alternative of death by incarceration — true life without the possibility of parole — over capital punishment when given that option.
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Commentary: State questions require voter diligence
Oklahoma’s state questions affect our everyday lives and must be carefully considered before Election Day.
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State Question 776 asks voters to protect the death penalty in Oklahoma
The proposed change would incorporate the protections into Oklahoma Constitution’s Bill of Rights.
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Commentary: It’s about people
The U.S. Supreme Court made headlines over the past few weeks as it rendered decisions on the highly charged issues of healthcare, marriage equality and the death penalty. It also rendered another ruling that generated comparatively fewer headlines but might ultimately have the biggest impact on the landscape of politics for future generations. In the […]
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News Briefs: direct flights to Seattle, Ten Commandments monument and more
Alaska Airlines creates direct flights to and from Seattle, the Ten Commandments monument must be removed from Oklahoma Capitol grounds and more.
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Game on
Credit: Brad Gregg Just when it looked as if Oklahoma might need to slow down on executions, the state secured 20 additional lethal doses of the chemical needed to kill death row inmates. Close call! It had been touch and go for a while. In the midst of a nationwide shortage of the anesthetic, Oklahoma […]