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Oklahoma Jail Withholds Death Records, Fails to Report Five Since 2018
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Jail Misconduct, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Public Records Act
Oklahoma Jail Withholds Death Records, Fails to Report Five Since 2018 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Since 2018, at least seven vulnerable detainees have died at the 366-­bed Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center, 30 miles east of Oklahoma City. Yet despite state law requiring deaths be reported within five …
$33 Million Awarded to Family of Oklahoma Jail Detainee Mocked By Nurse and Guards As He Died Begging for Help
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
$33 Million Awarded to Family of Oklahoma Jail Detainee Mocked By Nurse and Guards As He Died Begging for Help by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On August 23, 2023, a jury in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma made a massive award of $33 million to …
Overcrowded and Understaffed, Oklahoma County Jail Remains “Deplorable”
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Filed under: Overcrowding, Staffing, Sanitation, Jail Specific, Vermin, Suicides
Overcrowded and Understaffed, Oklahoma County Jail Remains “Deplorable” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A headline in the August 1965 edition of The Daily Oklahoman said that then-Sheriff Bob Turner of Oklahoma County “denies his jail’s ‘deplorable.’” A new jail was later built, but almost six decades later, a …
Oklahoma Parole Board Resignations Threaten Prisoner Clemencies
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Filed under: Parole Board Misconduct, Pardons/Clemency
Oklahoma Parole Board Resignations Threaten Prisoner Clemencies by Just three of five seats remained filled on the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board after Chairman Richard L. Smothermon mailed his resignation on August 4, 2023, to Chief Justice M. John Kane IV of the state Supreme Court, which appointed Smothermon to …
Former Oklahoma Undersheriff Gets 22 Months In Prison for Beating Handcuffed Jail Detainee
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints
Former Oklahoma Undersheriff Gets 22 Months In Prison for Beating Handcuffed Jail Detainee by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 13, 2023, Kendall Brian Morgan, 45, a former undersheriff in Oklahoma’s LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison, followed by 36 months of …
Tenth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Oklahoma Jail Guard Who Kneed Handcuffed Prisoner’s Face
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Qualified Immunity
Tenth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Oklahoma Jail Guard Who Kneed Handcuffed Prisoner’s Face by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 11, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to an Oklahoma jail guard because a reasonable jury could find …
Oklahoma Prisoner’s Conviction Tossed After Judge’s Affair With Prosecutor Uncovered
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Filed under: Prosecutorial Misconduct, Appearance of Justice/Impartiality
Oklahoma Prisoner’s Conviction Tossed After Judge’s Affair With Prosecutor Uncovered by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 13, 2023, Oklahoma’s Court of Criminal Appeals granted a new trial to state prisoner Robert Leon Hashagen III, 60, after finding his trial judge and his prosecuting attorney failed to disclose their …
Champion of Death Row Prisoners Accused of Spoiling Oklahoman’s Clemency
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Filed under: Pardons/Clemency, Articles About PLN, PLN related, Capital Punishment
Champion of Death Row Prisoners Accused of Spoiling Oklahoman’s Clemency by When Oklahoma prisoner Anthony Sanchez, 44, was executed on September 21, 2023, for the 1996 killing of University of Oklahoma dance student Juli Busken, Rev. Jeff Hood was by his side. But the attorneys that Sanchez had by then …
McDugle v. Hicks, OK, Petition for Relief, Denial of Public Records, 2023
Brief • December 20, 2023
Filed under: Public Records, Public Records Act
McDugle v. Hicks, OK, Petition for Relief, Denial of Public Records, 2023 PJLe.D DISTRICT couk,RT Gtegh1n1 County, o a. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF STEPHENS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA KEVIN McDUGLE and JUSTIN HUMPHREY, as individuals DEC ZD .ffll MILODV HARPER Court Clerk ) ) ) Plaintiffs, vs. JASON HICKS, …
News in Brief
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Within 48-hours of booking into the Morgan County Jail on August 29, 2023, Miles Rea Batson, 39, had two second-degree assault charges added to his public intoxication charge as well as another for disarming a law enforcement agent. WHNT in Huntsville reported that during booking …
$1.05 Million Settlement for Oklahoma Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Appendix Rupture
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Filed under: Medical Neglect/Malpractice
$1.05 Million Settlement for Oklahoma Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Appendix Rupture by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 23, 2023, the Oklahoma Legislature approved a $1.05 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit stemming from the preventable death of a state prisoner. The settlement followed an order by the …
News in Brief
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 12, 2023, an Alabama jail guard was caught – in uniform – stealing Pokemon cards from a Walmart. WBMA in Birmingham reported that Josh Hardy then fled store security on foot before cops caught him in a nearby restaurant. Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew …
Estate of Terral Ellis II v. Ottawa County Board of County Commissioners, OK, Verdict, Wrongful Death, 2023
Brief • August 23, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Estate of Terral Ellis II v. Ottawa County Board of County Commissioners, OK, Verdict, Wrongful Death, 2023 Case 4:17-cv-00325-CRK-CDL Document 392 Filed in USDC ND/OK on 08/23/23 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA Austin P. Bond as Personal Repre sen tative of …
News in Brief
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard was arrested on June 10, 2023, for allegedly smuggling drugs, including meth, to a prisoner at Kilby Correctional Facility, 1819 News reported. Charlie Townsend, 28, resigned from his position upon his arrest by the Law Enforcement Services Division. …
SCOTUS Orders Last-Minute Stay of Execution for Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Filed under: Death Penalty
SCOTUS Orders Last-Minute Stay of Execution for Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip by In a surprising turn of events, the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) granted a stay of execution to condemned Oklahoma prisoner Richard Glossip on May 5, 2023. The decision marks the ninth time Glossip, 60, …
$82 Million For Detainee Death in Oklahoma Jail is “Largest Civil Rights Death Claim in U.S. History”
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Filed under: Medical Neglect/Malpractice
$82 Million For Detainee Death in Oklahoma Jail is “Largest Civil Rights Death Claim in U.S. History” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 24, 2023, an Oklahoma federal jury awarded $14 million in compensatory damages and $68 million in punitive damages to the estate of a woman who …
Hashagen v. The State of Oklahoma, OK,Mandate, Unfair Trial, 2023
Brief • July 13, 2023
Filed under: New Trial Order, Fair Trial, Denial of Due Process
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Hashagen v. The State of Oklahoma, OK, Summary Opinion, Unfair Trial, 2023
Brief • July 13, 2023
Filed under: New Trial Order, Fair Trial, Denial of Due Process
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Estate Of Kellie Wright v. Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center Trust, OK, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Excessive Force, 2023
Brief • July 10, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)
Estate Of Kellie Wright v. Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center Trust, OK, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Excessive Force, 2023 Case 5:23-cv-00594-G Document 1 Filed 07/10/23 Page 1 of 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) SHELLY CALLIER, as Co-Administrator of the Estate of KELLIE WRIGHT, …
Estate of England v. Oklahoma Dept. Of Corrections, OK, Resolution-Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2023
Brief • May 24, 2023
Filed under: Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Estate of England v. Oklahoma Dept. Of Corrections, OK, Resolution-Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2023 Resolution ENROLLED SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 13 By: Treat of the Senate and McCall of the House A Concurrent Resolution giving legislative approval for the settlement of federal litigation against the Department of Corrections. WHEREAS, the Director …
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