Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed an executive order to stop the state’s health department from amending and issuing birth certificates to assign a nonbinary gender to people who identify as such. The new executive order (pdf), filed on Nov. 8, said that Stitt and his administration did not approve the settlement agreement from the Oklahoma…
2 Oklahoma Officers Convicted of Second-Degree Murder in Man’s 2019 Death
Two Oklahoma police officers were convicted of second-degree murder on Friday in the Taser death of a 28-year-old man in July 2019, authorities report. Prosecutors said the repeated use of the Tasers was “dangerous and unnecessary” during the pair’s encounter with Jared Lakey on July 4, 2019. The former officers Joshua Taylor, 25, and Brandon…
Suspect in Shooting of Oklahoma Deputy Found Dead
PINK, Okla.— A man suspected of shooting and wounding an Oklahoma deputy sheriff was found dead along with the suspect’s estranged wife, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says. The body Braedon Chesser, 27, was found Friday afternoon in a heavily wooded area behind his home and the body of Sarah Chesser, 25, was found…
Oklahoma Executes Death Row Inmate, First Time in 6 Years
Oklahoma carried out the first execution in the state in six years on Thursday to a death row inmate. John Marion Grant, 60, was executed via lethal injection with a three-drug cocktail. He convulsed and vomited before he was declared unconscious about 15 minutes after the first of three drugs—the sedative midazolam—was administered. He was declared dead…
Oklahoma Must Postpone Execution Set for Thursday, Court Rules
Oklahoma must postpone the executions of John Grant and Julius Jones while a legal challenge to the state’s lethal injection protocol is adjudicated, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled on Wednesday. The execution of Grant, which was scheduled for 4 p.m. on Thursday, will now only…
US Demand for Oil Surges, Depleting Tanks in Oklahoma
October 27, 2021
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NEW YORK—Crude oil tanks at the Cushing, Oklahoma storage hub are more depleted than they have been in the last three years, and prices of further dated oil contracts suggest they will stay lower for months. U.S. demand for crude among refiners making gasoline and diesel has surged as the economy has recovered from the…
Oklahoma Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks 3 Pro-Life Laws
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday issued a temporary block on three pro-life laws that were set to go into effect on Nov. 1. In a 5–3 ruling the court blocked a law that would have only allowed obstetricians and gynecologists to carry out abortions. The same law also mandates abortions after the first trimester take place…
Judge Clears Way for First Executions in Oklahoma Since 2015
A federal judge in Oklahoma on Monday allowed the state to proceed with the scheduled lethal injection executions of five death row inmates. The five inmates include Julius Jones, who was convicted of murdering an insurance executive in his parents’ driveway after the victim returned from a back-to-school shopping trip with his daughters. His case…
ACLU Sues Oklahoma Over Ban on Teaching of Critical Race Theory
A coalition of progressive advocacy groups and individuals, led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), is suing Oklahoma over a state law that bans schools from teaching students they are “inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive” because of their race or sex. “Oklahoma is one of eight states across the country that have passed similar…
Tornadoes Cause Damage in Oklahoma; Storms Rock Central US
COWETA, Okla.—Several reported tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma late Sunday into early Monday morning, causing damage but no immediate word of deaths or injuries. The severe weather system also brought heavy rain, lightning, and wind to parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas, and more stormy weather is predicted for later this week in parts of…
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