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Oklahoma Governor Takes Entrepreneur's Bribe
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2001, page 10
Oklahoma officials are investigating the propriety of $240,000 in cash gifts given to that State's governor, Frank Keating. Jack Dreyfus, an entrepreneur who hopes to convince Oklahoma prison officials to use Dilantin (a seizure medication) to control violent prisoners, made the gifts.
Filed under:
Contractor Misconduct,
Government Misconduct,
Medication,
Mental Health.
Location:
Oklahoma.
After receiving the cash from Dreyfus, Keating arranged ...
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