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The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board is the parole board of the state of Oklahoma.The board was created by an amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution in 1944. [1] The Board has the authority to empower the Governor of Oklahoma to grant pardons, paroles, and commutations to people convicted of offenses against the state of Oklahoma.
David Prater was the district attorney for Oklahoma County between 2007 and 2023. [1] During his tenure, he gained significant attention for his criticism of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, prosecuting protestors during the George Floyd protests in Oklahoma City, and leading the initial corruption investigation into Terry O'Donnell.
In 2021, Richard Smothermon replaced Comanche County Judge Allen McCall on the pardon and parole board. McCall had "been on the Board since 2017, and had been openly oppositional to reform efforts, as well as to former Pardon and Parole Board Director Steve Bickley." McCall, as well as Smothermon, were appointed by the Oklahoma Supreme Court."
She was the Chair of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board from 1991 to 1992, serving as the Board's first female chair. Askins served as Deputy General Counsel to Governor Walters from 1992 to 1994. [1] Her last assignment under Governor Walters was as the executive director of the Pardon and Parole Board from February to November 1994. [3]
John Kevin Stitt (born December 28, 1972) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 28th governor of Oklahoma since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2018, defeating Democrat and former state Attorney General Drew Edmondson with 54.3% of the vote.
A prosecutor said Tuesday he is asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse the governor's pardon of a former Army sergeant who was convicted of fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter ...
Ernest George Burkhart was born on September 11, 1892, to a poor cotton farmer in Greenville, Texas. He was a nephew of William King Hale.In 1912, aged nineteen, Burkhart moved into his uncle's ranch at Fairfax, Osage County, in search of fortune after the discovery of oil in the region. [1]
George Patterson Nigh (born June 9, 1927) is an American politician and civic leader from the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Nigh served as the 17th and the 22nd governor of Oklahoma and as the eighth and tenth lieutenant governor of Oklahoma.