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Senate Confirms Bacharach for Tenth CircuitPosted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2013
On Monday, February 25, 2013, the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Robert Bacharach for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The Senate confirmed Judge Bacharach 93-0 after Republicans delayed a vote on his confirmation for 263 days. Bacharach, 53, has been a U.S. magistrate judge since 1999 for the Western… read more…
Tulsa Police Kill Man in Apparent “Suicide by Cop”Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2013
An apparent “suicide by cop” scenario has unfolded in South Tulsa. An officer with the Tulsa Police Department killed a hispanic man on February 16 following a stand-off that lasted several hours. According to reports, police officers converged on an apartment near the 7100 block of South Granite responding to a call from the man’s… read more…
Oklahoma Supreme Court Affirms State Constitutional RightsPosted in Uncategorized on February 15, 2013
In a 7-2 opinion issued this week, the Oklahoma Supreme Court affirmed that citizens have a state constitutional right against the use of excessive force inside jail facilities throughout the state. Prior to this week’s ruling, counties and public trust authorities that operate county jails had taken the position that no such right existed, and… read more…
HIV and Inmates: Are Jails Failing to Educate?Posted in Uncategorized on February 5, 2013
HIV positive inmates in local jails and prisons are not a group that correctional facilities can continue to ignore. According to Centers for Disease Control reported that for the years from 1999 to 2006, the prevalence of confirmed AIDS among the prison population was between 2.7 and 4.8 times higher than in the general U.S. population. No small… read more…
Suit Claims HIV Segregation in County JailPosted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2013
A former pretrial detainee at the Payne County Detention Center claims that employees segregated him because he is HIV positive. In a federal complaint filed Wednesday, the detainee, identified as John Doe, claims that he was initially placed in general population, but was suddenly removed by jailers shortly after his arrival and placed in the facility’s high security isolation… read more…
State Law Could Limit Recovery in Motorcycle FatalityPosted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2013
A man riding his motorcycle was killed Saturday night after striking the rear-end of a city -owned utility truck with his motorcycle. According to reports, the accident occurred just north of the intersection at 41st and Peoria when the truck turned northbound onto Peoria as the motorcycle passed through the intersection. Witnesses claimed that the… read more…
Cause of Head-On Accident Revised After InvestigationPosted in Uncategorized on December 28, 2012
Investigators have revised the cause of a head-on car accident that killed Nita Roden on December 6, 2012. Officials initially believed that Roden caused the car accident by driving left of center and colliding with another car driven by Daniel Bryant. However, after reviewing details of the car accident, including the “black boxes” from within… read more…
Did Lack of Oversight Allow CCA to House Inmates at Nursing Home?Posted in Uncategorized on December 26, 2012
Corrections Corporation of America (“CCA”) housed California inmates at an Oklahoma nursing home following a riot at its North Fork Correctional Facility in Sayre, OK. Because CCA takes the inmates from California and places them in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections has no supervisory authority or control over CCA or the inmates from California…. read more…
Pedestrian Dies Following Car AccidentPosted in Crash Fatalities,Uncategorized on December 22, 2012
A pedestrian car accident involving an unknown driver struck pedestrian JoAnn Carlson last weekend as she attempted to cross a road near Cherry Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She died this weekend from complications of injuries sustained in that car accident. The police are still searching for the driver who was apparently driving a light colored… read more…
Is Passenger Responsible for Accident by Texting Driver?Posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2012
Tulsa police identified texting while driving as a cause in one of four rollover car accidents in the city over the past 24 hours. The first car accident involved two cars drag racing. One of the drivers lost control of the car as it approached a slower moving vehicle. The second car accident occurred when… read more…