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Appeals court affirms death sentence in Poteau murder case Published: Sat, May 26, 2012 The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals says evidence ‘overwhelmingly supported' murder convictions. Read More
Judicial nominees from Oklahoma headed for U.S. Senate committee vote Published: Wed, May 23, 2012 Senate Judiciary Committee sets Thursday vote for Robert E. Bacharach, of Edmond, for a post on a federal appeals court and John E. Dowdell, of Tulsa, for a U.S. district judgeship. Read More
Book review: 'Capitol Murder' by Phillip Margolin Published: Sun, May 20, 2012 In “Capitol Murder,” Phillip Margolin completes the third installment of his Washington trilogy, which includes “Supreme Justice” and “Executive Privilege.” Read More
Death penalty sought in Oklahoma double killing Published: Fri, May 18, 2012 POTEAU — Prosecutors say they'll seek the death penalty against a Muldrow man charged in the shooting death of his parents. Read More
ScissorTales: Looking elsewhere for DHS director is a good idea Published: Sat, May 12, 2012 FAMILIARITY breeds contentment — to a point. Before state Sen. Howard Hendrick was hired to run the Department of Human Services in 1998, the head of a search committee looking to fill the position noted how important it was for the director to be familiar with the workings of the Legislature. Hendrick wound up... Read More
Life in prison an affordable alternative to execution Published: Fri, May 11, 2012 In response to Mickey Fisher (Your Views, May 2): Execution is unnecessary, premeditated, calculated homicide by the state. The death penalty was once defended as vengeance of the public hatred. Neither vengeance nor hatred has any place in a system that seeks to be just. Life in prison, even without parole, is an... Read More
Diminishing supply of lethal injection drug has Oklahoma DOC scrambling Published: Tue, May 8, 2012 The death penalty is coming off the books in more and more states. We don't anticipate that happening any time soon in Oklahoma, although carrying out the punishment could become a problem. The state has in stock only one of the three-drug cocktails it uses in executions. One part of that mixture is the drug... Read More
Man pleads guilty to six killings in Oklahoma City 'Cathouse' case Updated: Fri, May 4, 2012 David Tyner, 30, pleaded guilty in Oklahoma County to six first-degree murder charges and got a sentence of life without possibility of parole. Read More
Method of future Oklahoma executions 'up in the air,' official says Published: Thu, May 3, 2012 Oklahoma Corrections Department officials are taking a hard look at how future executions will be carried out. With only a single dose left of pentobarbital — a sedative and the first of three drugs administered to condemned prisoners during an execution — it remains unclear what will be done with the dozens of... Read More
Affordable alternatives to execution drugs Published: Wed, May 2, 2012 Regarding “State running out of execution drugs” (Tulsa World, April 30): There are several alternatives, and they're more economically feasible. A short rope and a tree. The rope can be used over and over, as can the tree. History has proved this to be quite useful. A guillotine. Again, this can be used over... Read More
Okla. death row inmate executed in shooting death Published: Tue, May 1, 2012 McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man convicted of murdering a Tulsa convenience store manager almost 37 years ago was executed by lethal injection Tuesday. Michael Bascum Selsor, 57, was pronounced dead at 6:06 p.m. Tuesday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Selsor's execution ends more than three decades... Read More
Oklahoma inmate faces lethal injection for 1975 death Published: Tue, May 1, 2012 McALESTER — An Oklahoma death row inmate convicted of killing a Tulsa convenience store manager 37 years ago is facing execution. Read More
Oklahoma death row inmate faces execution in 1975 murder Published: Sun, Apr 29, 2012 Michael Bascum Selsor, 57, was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Clayton Chandler, who was shot eight times during an armed robbery in Tulsa on Sept. 15, 1975. Read More
Former Oklahoma County DA Bob Macy has died Updated: Fri, Nov 18, 2011 Former Oklahoma County District Attorney Bob Macy, who sent dozens of murderers to death row, has died. “My goal was to make Oklahoma County the safest county in the country,” Macy said when he retired in 2001. “We have done that.” “I don't take any joy in the execution of a person. But I know when... Read More
Oklahoma to continue using pentobarbital in executions Updated: Thu, Jan 27, 2011 Oklahoma prison officials say they will continue using a sedative as part of the state's three-drug protocol for executing death row inmates in spite of objections by the drug's manufacturer. Denmark-based Lundbeck, Inc. produces the drug pentobarbital and has said it opposes using the drug in lethal injections.... Read More
Suspect pleads not guilty in deadly Arizona shooting Updated: Mon, Jan 24, 2011 TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The man accused of carrying out a mass shooting in Tucson pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he tried to kill Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and two of her aides. The plea by Jared Lee Loughner marked his second court appearance since he allegedly shot the congresswoman and 18 others at Giffords'... Read More
Illinois Senate votes to ban death penalty Published: Tue, Jan 11, 2011 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A historic measure to abolish the death penalty in Illinois passed the state Senate on Tuesday after nearly two hours of impassioned debate. The ban on executions goes to Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn, who must sign the legislation for it to become law. During last fall's campaign, Quinn said he... Read More
Insanity defense difficult for shooting suspect Updated: Tue, Jan 11, 2011 It will be tougher for Jared Loughner's attorneys to use an insanity defense. The federal government has raised the bar. The Justice Department has not said whether it will seek the death penalty against Loughner, the suspect in the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the deaths of a federal judge, a... Read More
Pakistani governor killed by own bodyguard Published: Tue, Jan 4, 2011 ISLAMABAD (AP) — The governor of Pakistan's wealthiest and most populated province was shot dead Tuesday by one of his bodyguards who told interrogators he was angry over the politician's opposition to laws that impose the death penalty for those convicted of insulting Islam. Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, 56,... Read More
Report: Iran may commute woman's stoning sentence Published: Sun, Jan 2, 2011 TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Authorities reviewing a death by stoning sentence against an Iranian woman convicted of adultery could still halt the punishment, a senior judiciary official said Sunday as Iran struggles to mute an international outcry over the case. The comments, however, offered no clear evidence that... Read More
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