State officials resumed executions after a six-year moratorium and mounting issues at the Oklahoma County Jail drew national attention. Inside state prisons, corrections officials distributed vaccines to the incarcerated and ended prolonged restrictions on prisoner movement and family visitation.
Looking forward to 2022, court rulings and state legislative votes will have a lasting impact on the future of criminal justice in Oklahoma.
There was no shortage of criminal justice news to cover in Oklahoma in 2021.
State officials resumed executions after a six-year moratorium and mounting issues at the Oklahoma County Jail drew national attention. Inside state prisons, corrections officials distributed vaccines to the incarcerated and ended prolonged restrictions on prisoner movement and family visitation.
Looking forward to 2022, court rulings and state legislative votes will have a lasting impact on the future of criminal justice in Oklahoma.
Here are five justice-related issues worth following in the coming year:
Lethal Injection Protocol Trial
A trial on the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s lethal injection drug mix is set to begin on Feb. 28 at the U.S. District Courthouse in Oklahoma City.
Death row prisoner Richard Glossip filed the lawsuit in federal court in June 2014, weeks after Clayton Lockett died of a heart attack 40 minutes after state officials injected him with execution drugs. Dozens of condemned men have since joined the complaint. In August, U.S....
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