Justin Benner pleaded for help as detention officers wrestled him into a full-body restraint device and left him alone in a ...

More than a year after it was due, the state’s plan to provide court-ordered treatment for Oklahoma defendants found ...

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The estate of a man who died of a treatable throat infection at the jail alleges officials failed to provide adequate medical ...

Family members of Olimpia Fisher urged the board to deny mercy, while Cuesta-Rodriguez told members he doesn't deserve ...

Public defenders say judges routinely fail to consider whether defendants can afford bail, leaving poor and homeless people ...

The Texas-based nonprofit Human Coalition lobbies for anti-abortion programs and gets millions of dollars in funding from other states.

Some agreements allow the companies to sue cities to enforce the terms of the deals, sometimes in other states. Kyle Schmidt looks over land near his home that the City of Sand Springs annexed in June ...

A Department of Mines recommendation would allow a company to open a new mining pit over a fragile aquifer, despite concerns from residents who say the project threatens a critical water source and ...

The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act ...