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Oklahoma wants federal inmate transferred so he can be put to death

Saturday, January 25 by The Associated Press

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's top prosecutor asked the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer an inmate to state custody so that he could be executed for his role in the kidnapping and killing of a 77-year-old woman in 1999. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond requested the transfer on Thursday of... Read More.

Federal probe of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre says ‘no avenue’ for criminal case in connection to attack

Saturday, January 11 by Ponca City Now

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The first-ever U.S. Justice Department review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre concluded on Friday that while federal prosecution may have been possible a century ago there is no longer an avenue to bring a criminal case more than 100 years after one of the worst... Read More.

President Biden Commuted Sentences of Nearly all Federal inmates on Death Row, Except 3

Wednesday, December 25 by Ponca City Now

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Monday announced he had commuted the sentences of nearly all federal inmates on death row, with the exception of three who did not receive clemency. There are 37 inmates initially sentenced to death who will be impacted by Mr. Biden’s action and will now receive life in prison without... Read More.

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Potential Federal Assistance for Ponca City and Kay County

Monday, March 1 by Lyman James

For anyone with significant property damage caused by the winter storm who is not in one of the 16 approved counties, please report damage online today at Read More.