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The latest request for a death sentence came May 21. Prosecutors asked for that punishment for a drifter who is suspected of ...
The House and Senate approved a pair of bills to purchase the state's last private prison outright for $312 million.
The potential purchase would move Oklahoma out of the private prison business as the Lawton facility is the state's last privately-operated prison.
Richard Rojem, 66, was declared dead at 10:16 a.m. by three lethal drug injections at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Rojem had maintained that he was innocent of the murder of his former ...
Paul Ruiz and Earl Van Denton, who had escaped from an Oklahoma prison in 1977, were eventually convicted of capital murder ...
A House budget committee on Monday voted to move forward with spending $312 million to purchase a private prison in Lawton ...
Lawmakers in Oklahoma will finish up their regular session by finalizing the state's budget for the upcoming year.