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Fields of Green: A Frontier and ProPublica investigation into Oklahoma’s medical marijuana black market. Chinese criminal networks have taken over much of the illicit marijuana market in Oklahoma, stoking a wave of crime that includes violence, money laundering and human trafficking. And authorities suspect some of those involved have links ...
We fact-checked what Oklahoma law says about teaching ... - The …
Jul 11, 2024 · Claim: Oklahoma law already allows the Bible to be taught in public schools. Source: “Oklahoma law already explicitly allows Bibles in the classroom and enables teachers to use them in instruction,” Phil Bacharach, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office said in statements to several media outlets. Fact check: Mostly true.
Judge in Innocent Man case agrees to suppress original ...
UPDATE Feb 23, 2024: A Tulsa County judge granted a motion to suppress the 1984 confession of Karl Fontenot on Friday afternoon, but stopped short of addressing the defense’s motion to dismiss the case.The state has 30 days to appeal the ruling to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. Fontenot, who was in the courtroom in Tulsa on Friday, declined to comment, but early in the hearing ...
We fact-checked Oklahoma’s book-banning controversy - The …
Sep 20, 2022 · Fact Check. Editor’s note: Sept. 18-24 is Banned Books Week, with events nationwide protesting censorship. An Oklahoma teacher attracted national media attention and is out of the classroom after sharing a library QR code with students. And there have been reports of some Oklahoma school districts yanking classic titles from library shelves.
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The Frontier has a mission to produce fearless, independent journalism with impact. We hold those in power accountable, give a voice to the powerless and tell stories that matter to Oklahomans. We strive to produce fair, accurate reporting governed by our code of ethics. T he Frontier’s journalism has garnered awards from the Tulsa Press Club ...
Federal appeals court upholds overturned conviction in Ada …
Jul 14, 2021 · A federal appeals court has upheld a decision to overturn the conviction of one of two men in the 1985 kidnapping and murder of an Ada convenience store worker. Along with co-defendant Tommy Ward, Karl Fontenot was convicted twice in the kidnapping and murder of Donna Denise Haraway from an Ada convenience store in 1984 and sentenced to life ...
Chinese Organized Crime Dominates Oklahoma's Illicit ...
Mar 14, 2024 · Gangsters, money and murder: How Chinese organized crime is dominating Oklahoma’s illegal medical marijuana market. March 14, 2024. A quadruple murder in Oklahoma shows how the Chinese underworld has come to dominate the booming illicit trade, fortifying its rise as a global powerhouse with alleged ties to China’s authoritarian regime. Author.
Oklahoma’s Jim Inhofe reflects on more than three decades in the …
Jan 11, 2023 · In 2015, Inhofe famously brought a snowball onto the Senate Floor in an attempt to disprove the existence of climate change. He also authored a book in 2012 titled The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future.. Inhofe called for a criminal investigation into top climate change scientists in 2009, …
Two truths & a lie: What records show in Richard Glossip case
Sep 13, 2015 · Two truths and a lie: What records, interviews reveal about Richard Glossip’s murder conviction. Glossip told detectives interrogating him for Barry Van Treese’s murder: “I told you, and this is the God’s honest truth, I had a hunch that Justin did it, and that’s as far as it went. I do not know one hundred percent.”.
Let down and locked up: Why Oklahoma’s female incarceration is …
Sep 20, 2017 · When their paths crossed in June, Allen and her daughter were among more than 3,000 women serving time in Oklahoma, which for 25 years has led the nation in locking up women. The state imprisons 151 out of every 100,000 women, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics – more than double the national rate.. In partnership with The Frontier, an Oklahoma journalism startup, Reveal from ...