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Leftist groups donate $6.3 million to SQ 805

Two out-of-state Leftist organizations contributed a total of $6,336,852.36 in support of State Question 805, the proposed constitutional amendment that will allow temporarily inconvenienced career criminals to return more rapidly to their vocation of victimizing their neighbors. The two organizations, the ACLU and FWD.US, combined to provide 87% of the...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 2, 2020 12:27 AM

Oklahoma SQ 805: Lighter sentences for career criminals

Oklahoma State Question 805 would insert a new article into the Oklahoma Constitution to ban longer sentences for repeat felony offenders. The question arises from an initiative petition. (UPDATE: On October 30, 2020, I spoke with Jeremie Poplin, filling in for Pat Campbell on Talk Radio 1170 KFAQ, about both...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 20, 2020 9:18 PM

Oklahoma State Question 794: Reforming the Victim's Bill of Rights

Oklahoma State Question 794, on the November 6, 2016, general election ballot, substantially modifies Article 2, Section 34, of the Oklahoma Constitution, which establishes certain rights for the victims of crime. If passed, SQ 794 would replace most of the existing text, narrowing the scope to the victims themselves (currently...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 30, 2018 11:31 AM

Oklahoma SQ 781: County Community Safety Investment Fund

Oklahoma SQ 781 is a companion to SQ 780, proposed by the same people. It will not go into effect unless SQ 780 is passed. Like SQ 780, SQ 781 is statutory. The proposal creates new law in Title 57. It establishes a revolving fund called the County Community Safety...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 3, 2016 6:52 AM

Oklahoma SQ 780: Decriminalization of drug possession

UPDATED 2016/11/02: Having completed my analysis of all 23 sections of the SQ 780 legislation, I have revised the introductory text below to provide a better summary of the effect of passing the state question. Oklahoma State Question 780 began life as an initiative petition. Unlike most state questions, its...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 1, 2016 1:21 AM