Oklahoma
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- OCTOBER 16, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
An Oklahoma City federal judge overturned the death...
An Oklahoma City federal judge overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of a 21-year-old Indonesian student, Sri Sedjati Sugeng U
- OCTOBER 1, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is reviewing...
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the work of former agency serologist Kenneth Ede after a recent DNA test contradicted testimony he gave in a 1983 murder trial
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
An Oklahoma County jury sentenced Jimmy Dean Harris,...
An Oklahoma County jury sentenced Jimmy Dean Harris, 44, to death for the Sept
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
William Raymond Mayes, once sentenced to death in the Nov
William Raymond Mayes, once sentenced to death in the Nov
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals granted an indefinite...
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals granted an indefinite stay to Mexican National Gerardo Valdez to consider what it termed to be a "unique and serious matter" of international law
- AUGUST 28, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Jack Dale Walker, 35, was pronounced dead at 9:09 p
Jack Dale Walker, 35, was pronounced dead at 9:09 p
- AUGUST 14, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A federal court overturned the sentence of Oklahoma...
A federal court overturned the sentence of Oklahoma death row inmate Alfred Brian Mitchell because of the false and misleading testimony by Oklahoma City police chemist Joyce Gilchrist at trial
- JULY 27, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Tim Leonard has overturned the...
U.S. District Judge Tim Leonard has overturned the conviction and death penalty of Tyrone Darks, found guilty in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife
- JULY 17, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In a unanimous ruling, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal...
In a unanimous ruling, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals struck down the conviction and death sentence handed down against Richard Eugene Glossip in a jury trial before Oklahoma County District Judge Richard W
- JULY 17, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Jerald Wayne Harjo, 40, was put to death by injection
Jerald Wayne Harjo, 40, was put to death by injection
- JUNE 22, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Frank Keating proposed a higher standard for capital...
Gov. Frank Keating proposed a higher standard for capital murder convictions, saying "moral certainty" would be more defensible than the current "beyond a reasonable doubt." At a speech at the National Press Club, Keating suggested the higher threshold
- MAY 29, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
For the latest exhibit of the fallibility of the judicial...
For the latest exhibit of the fallibility of the judicial system, we turn to Joyce Gilchrist, a chemist with the Oklahoma City Police Department who has worked on more than 3,000 cases