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.

John Fitzgerald Hanson was to have been executed in 2022 for a fatal shooting. The Biden administration blocked his transfer from a federal prison in Louisiana.

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 ...

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Governor Kevin Stitt (R) said some illegal immigrants in Oklahoma state prisons have committed crimes so heinous that he will not sign off on their release to be deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

An order to freeze federal grants and loans by the Trump administration is temporarily blocked. How this could impact nonprofits in Oklahoma.

Lane, has introduced House Bill 1310, proposing to rename the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) to the "Oklahoma Department of Corruption."

While Oklahoma County commissioners are breaking ground on the new behavioral health center, they don't have enough money right now to build the new jail.

Rep. Humphrey introduces a bill to rebrand the Oklahoma DOC as "Oklahoma Department of Corruption" due to various alleged grievances.

Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for trading bribes for political favors.  Federal prosecutors levied allegations of bribery, extortion and acting as

After some panic and confusion, a push from President Donald Trump to freeze federal funding on Tuesday was officially rescinded Wednesday afternoon.

Oklahoma lawmakers are gearing up to debate a variety of criminal justice bills, including one that would pause the death penalty.