A conservative quest to limit diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is gaining momentum in state capitals and college governing boards, with officials in about one-third of the states now t...
https://journalrecord.com/2024/04/move-to-limit-diversity-programs-gains-momentum/
Seven state prisoners who were locked in three-by-three foot shower stalls at the Great Plains Correctional Facility in Hinton last August are suing the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, allegi...
https://journalrecord.com/2024/04/lawsuit-prisoners-were-confined-to-shower-stalls/
A late Norman-based attorney with more than four decades of practice now has a courtroom dedicated in his memory.
Commissioners Myles Davidson and Brian Maughan voted for the location and Commissioner Carrie Blumert, who has been vocally against building a jail in Del City since it emerged as a possibility, ...
https://journalrecord.com/2024/02/oklahoma-county-commissioners-approve-del-city-site-for-new-jail/
Known to friends and colleagues as Bob, Ravitz, 71, was also an adjunct professor at the Oklahoma City University School of Law, where he instructed students in areas of trial practice, capital l...
https://journalrecord.com/2024/01/community-mourns-death-of-longtime-public-defender-ravitz/
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear an appeal from Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who has steadfastly maintained his innocence and averted multiple attempts by the state to ...
State Sen. Jessica Garvin, R–Duncan, has filed legislation to increase the state penalty for carrying an illegal firearm onto school property.
https://journalrecord.com/2023/12/bill-targets-potential-violence-in-schools/
The second regular session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature convenes on Monday, Feb. 5.
https://journalrecord.com/2023/12/legislation-aims-at-tax-cuts-in-oklahoma/
Oklahoma’s prison population is growing after years of steady decline, according to a Bureau of Justice Statistics report.
https://journalrecord.com/2023/12/report-shows-uptick-in-oklahomas-prison-population/
For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole s...
https://journalrecord.com/2023/12/lawyer-murdaugh-sentenced-for-stealing-from-clients/