In 1991, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the corner of Robert S. Kerr and Shartel avenues in downtown Oklahoma City. The occasion marked the opening of Oklahoma County Detention Center. The jail was designed by architects HTB Inc. and RGDC Inc., and completed sooner than expected. However, what was unknown to onlookers at the […]
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Cover: No smoke
Medical marijuana activists were dealt a blow when the Oklahoma State Board of Health added amendments not written in the final draft of emergency regulations submitted to the board. A pair of amendments — one banning smokable marijuana, which appears to be on shaky legal ground, and another requiring dispensaries to hire full-time pharmacists — […]
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Discussions on the county jail and criminal justice reform continue with the newly created Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Advisory Council
Discussions on the county jail and criminal justice reform continue with the newly created Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Advisory Council.
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Tuesday, OKC votes on Mayor Cornett’s plan for the city’s future
Tuesday, OKC votes on Mayor Cornett’s plan for the city’s future. The ballot includes a $967.4 million bond referendum as well as two sales tax propositions to address safety and streets.
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Chicken-Fried News: Holy plunder
Hobby Lobby is in some trouble after the U.S. Department of Justice discovered it illegally bought and imported over 5,000 stolen and mislabeled artifacts for the Museum of the Bible.
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Local impact: Proposed federal budget cuts threaten to reduce or eliminate social services and humanities agencies
Oklahoma Humanities, AmeriCorps and Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma will most likely be affected if federal program budgets are cut.
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OKCPD makes procedural justice a priority and adds it to policy and procedure manual
Procedural justice policies promote fair enforcement of the laws.
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Municipal court reforms protect the poor from undue punishment
The marshal assist program allows the municipal court to work with offenders to pay their fines without imprisonment.
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Chicken-Fried News: Letter generator
In his latest epistolary masterpiece, Attorney General Scott Pruitt addressed the U.S. departments of education and justice and took a stand against measures to protect transgender students.
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OCU hosts summit discussing protection from cyber attacks
OCU’s School of Law is hosts its second national summit on national security law.