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WEBSep 30, 2024 · Prison contractor The Geo Group tried to negotiate a $3 million pay increase with Oklahoma this year. But records show state prison officials found the company violated its contract by failing to lock prisoners in their cells, conduct security checks and leaving prisoners alone in pods without staff supervision.
Judge in Innocent Man case agrees to suppress original …
WEBUPDATE Feb 23, 2024: A Tulsa County judge granted a motion to suppress the 1984 confession of Karl Fontenot on Friday afternoon, but stopped short of addressing the defense’s motion to dismiss the case.The state has 30 days to appeal the ruling to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. Fontenot, who was in the courtroom in Tulsa on Friday, declined to comment, but early in the hearing ...
Judge orders second man in Ada's 'Innocent Man' case freed, state …
WEBDec 21, 2020 · Ward’s co-defendant in the case, Karl Fontenot, had his conviction and sentence overturned and was ordered released by a federal judge in Muskogee late last year. The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office appealed that decision to the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considering arguments made earlier this year in the case.
We fact checked social media claims and urban myths about …
WEBJul 14, 2021 · The Frontier investigated misinformation ranging from buses of poor, unhoused people headed for Oklahoma to a homeless camp causing drinking water contamination.
Attorneys in Ada "Innocent Man" murder case say they were …
WEBMay 16, 2019 · Attorneys for one of the defendants featured on the recent Netflix series The Innocent Man say the trove of documents recently found at the Ada Police Department indicate that there are possibly other records related to the case that have yet to be uncovered.. And Ward’s defense team is also asking for the public’s help to track down further information in the case.
We fact-checked campaign ad claims on Stitt’s first term as governor
WEBMar 25, 2022 · A flood of early campaign ads has signaled the beginning of a protracted election season as Gov. Kevin Stitt seeks a second term in November. We found half-truths and misleading statements in some.
Condemned man went into convulsions during Oklahoma’s first …
WEBOct 28, 2021 · John Marion Grant went into “full-body convulsions” then vomited on himself twice as he was put to death on Thursday after a last-minute U.S. Supreme Court decision cleared the way for Oklahoma to conduct its first execution in nearly seven years.
We fact-checked Oklahoma’s book-banning controversy - The …
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WEBAt The Frontier, our mission is to hold public officials accountable, give a voice to the powerless and tell the stories that others are afraid to tell, or that illuminate the lives of people in our community. We will shine a light on hypocrisy, fraud, abuse and wrongdoing at all levels in our community and state.
We fact-checked what Oklahoma law says about teaching ... - The …
WEBJul 11, 2024 · State law prohibits the teaching of sectarian or religious doctrine in Oklahoma public schools but allows the reading of Scripture.The current Oklahoma academic standards do not list the Bible as a required text in public instruction.