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Popular Fall Peace Festival returns November 8 to Oklahoma City CapitolBeatOK.com #ThePeaceHouseOK
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Sonia Sotomayor’s Moral Clarity on One Particular Issue Has Been Striking Sotomayor has done what all great dissenters on the United States Supreme Court have done before her.

Sonia Sotomayor is the Supreme Court's great dissenter on one issue - the death penalty @slate.com By Austin Sarat
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Oklahoma City Animal Welfare hosts Dogtober Festival at Earlywine Park on Saturday, October. 18 @CapitolBeatOK
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No Kings OKC SIGN UP NOW In America, we don't put up with would-be kings. Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a s...

TODAY!! NO KINGS OKC Demonstration – Indivisible Oklahoma
City Hall Park (East side of Oklahoma City Hall)
200 N Walker Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73102
🗓 Saturday, October 18, 2025
⏰ 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
indivisibleoklahoma.com/nokingsokc/

Pets & People’s Viva Las Vegas Gala set for October 18. CapitolBeatOK.com
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For the fire facilities line item on the GO Bond vote OKC resident James Nimmo advocates for Prop #11 — Fire Facilities — on the General Obligation (GO) Bond vote in the City of Oklahoma City on Tues, Oct. 14.

For the fire facilities line item on the GO Bond vote @FreePress By Free Press Guest James Nimmo
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Trump's Unsupported Death Penalty Claim - FactCheck.org At a Cabinet meeting on Aug. 26, President Donald Trump proposed seeking the death penalty for anyone convicted of murder in Washington, D.C., claiming the death penalty is "a very strong preventative...

Trump's Unsupported Death Penalty Claim www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trum... via @factcheckdotorg By Robert Farley

New court filing shows why Oklahoma's Attorney General wants to delay Tremane Wood’s execution Gentner Drummond argued the previously requested September 11 execution date is "increasingly infeasible" due to requirements with scheduling clemency hearings in front of the Oklahoma Pardon and Paro...

New court filing shows why Oklahoma's Attorney General wants to delay Tremane Wood’s execution www.news9.com/story/688ea3... By: Amanda Siew @news9.bsky.social

Death Penalty Absurdity on Display in Tennessee Case Amherst professor Austin Sarat examines the impending execution of Byron Black in Tennessee, highlighting deep flaws in the state’s application of the death penalty, particularly for intellectually di...

Death Penalty Absurdity on Display in Tennessee Case: verdict.justia.com/2025/08/04/d... @Verdict By Austin Sarat

Hamilton: Will the real Gentner Drummond please stand up? If you’re of a certain age, you’ll get the reference to the long-running TV show To Tell The Truth in which celebrity panelists sought to determine the true central character from three choices.

By #ArnoldHamilton: Will the real Gentner Drummond please stand up? journalrecord.com/2025/06/12/h... @TheJournalRecord

Curbside Chronicle to host OKC Thunder Watch Party fundraiser on June 22 CurbsideChronicle.com @okcthunder.bsky.social homelessalliance.com capitolbeatok.com
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YouTube video by Tennessean Musicians surround Proud Boys, drown them out with tubas at 'No Kings' protest in Atlanta

Musicians surround Proud Boys, drown them out with tubas at 'No Kings' protest in Atlanta, GA - YouTube
(The band starts at about 1:35)
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‘NO KINGS’ Okla City march and rally Saturday — what to know ‘No Kings OKC’ march and rally set for Saturday, June 14. Starts 9 a.m. at OKC Blvd. & Hudson, ends at City Hall Park. Here’s what to know: #NoKingsOKC

‘No Kings OKC’ march and rally set for Saturday, June 14. Starts 9 a.m. at OKC Blvd. & Hudson, ends at City Hall Park. Here’s what to know: #NoKingsOKC | Brett Dickerson - Editor reports tinyurl.com/4sukemf5

In Shocking Move, Oklahoma AG Decides to Retry Richard Glossip for Murder During a hearing in Oklahoma City, the state made clear it will go ahead despite the fact that the case against Glossip has fallen apart.

In Shocking Move, Oklahoma AG Decides to Retry Richard Glossip for Murder theintercept.com/2025/06/09/r... By Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith @theintercept.com

Supreme Court tossed Richard Glossip’s conviction: What Comes Next? Richard Glossip, once on death row for an alleged murder-for-hire crime, returns to court after the Supreme Court overturned his conviction due to withheld evidence.

Supreme Court tossed Richard Glossip’s conviction: What Comes Next? www.news9.com/story/6846a3... @news9.bsky.social By: Jayden Brannon

Status Hearing Set for Former Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip Richard Glossip, formerly on Oklahoma’s death row, is back in legal limbo. Since his conviction was overturned in February, he’s been held at the Oklahoma County Detention Center, awaiting the state’s...

Status Hearing Set for Former Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip www.newson6.com/story/684363...

Oklahoma City Animal Welfare launches new check-in system and will host National Dog Party Day event June 21 capitolbeatok.com
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2025 OKC Pride on 39th festivities set for May 30 – June 1 capitolbeatok.com
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Supreme Court blocks creation of religious charter school in Oklahoma The court was deadlocked 4-4, which meant a state Supreme Court ruling that declared the school violated the constitutional separation of church and state remained in place.

Supreme Court blocks creation of religious charter school in Oklahoma @npr.org By Nina Totenberg
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I'm glad to announce that Pat Hoerth Batchelder's book launch will be on Sat, May 24, 2:30 - 4:30, at 1515 Lincoln Gallery, at 15th & Lincoln Blvd. Music, a little food, a little wine and a little reading about a remarkable woman, #EvelynBeatriceLongman. #FullCircleBookstore will bring the books.

Louisiana Judge Sets Aside Jimmie Duncan’s Conviction and Death Sentence Based on “No Longer Valid” Bite Mark Evidence | Death Penalty Information Center On April 24, 2025, Louisiana District Court Judge Alvin Sharp set aside Jimmie Duncan’s first-degree mur­der con­vic­tion and death sen­tence. Mr.

Louisiana Judge Sets Aside Jimmie Duncan’s Conviction and Death Sentence Based on ​“No Longer Valid” Bite Mark Evidence #deathpenalty #Louisiana

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On Sat., May 17 the @ok-cadp.bsky.social will host its 33rd OK-CADP Annual Dinner at New Covenant Christian Church (DOC) starting at 5:30p. Keynote speaker is faith leader and founder of the #juliusjonescoalition, #CeceJones-Davis. Please join us!
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#OklahomaHumaneSociety to host “Pittie Block Party” offering $25 spay/neuter surgeries to pit bull families in Oklahoma City
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Richard Glossip returns to OK County Detention Center after SCOTUS throws out conviction A man who was previously on death row was booked back into the Oklahoma County Detention Center on Tuesday after his murder conviction and death sentence were t

Richard Glossip returns to OK County Detention Center after SCOTUS throws out conviction okcfox.com/news/local/r... @OKCFOX by Alexander Sharifman

Please join us for the 2025 @ok-cadp.bsky.social OK-CADP Annual Dinner on Sat., May 17, from 5:30 - 9p at the New Covenant Christian Church (DOC), 12000 N. Rockwell in Oklahoma City. Keynote speaker is #CeceJonesDavis with music provided by the #NormanNorthJazzAllStars!
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Whistle Blower: Russian Breach of US Data Through DOGE Was Carried Out Over Starlink "Directly to Russia" Daniel Berulis appeared on Rachel Maddow's news show with his attorney Andrew Bakaj

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Press conference advocating for pause on inmate executions YouTube video by FOX NASHVILLE

VIDEO PRESS CONFERENCE: Attorneys, faith leaders, and anti-violence advocates ask Gov. Lee to halt executions while courts assess TN’s problematic lethal injection protocol. Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/d0xRne9...

The return of the firing squad is a defeat for death penalty supporters | Austin Sarat The method is a vivid reminder of the brutality of state killing. That undermines the pro-capital-punishment narrative

@ok-cadp.bsky.social| The firing squad’s return is a defeat for death penalty supporters | By Austin Sarat | @TheGuardian
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Records Show Tennessee Officials Have Spent Nearly $600,000 of Taxpayer Funds for Lethal Injection Drugs Since 2017 | Death Penalty Information Center According to records request­ed by *The Tennessean*, between 2017 and 2025 the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC spent near­ly $600,000 of...

Records Show Tennessee Officials Have Spent Nearly $600,000 of Taxpayer Funds for Lethal Injection Drugs Since 2017 #DeathPenalty
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