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Oklahoma SQ 776: Death penalty

Thanks to the support of generous donors (see the Spotlight sidebar on the home page for a list), here is the first in the BatesLine series on the state questions on the Oklahoma 2016 ballot. We will seek to get behind the ballot titles to the legal substance of the...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 15, 2016 9:23 AM

Oklahoma Election 2014: judicial retention ballot

Three justices of the State Supreme Court (Reif, Colbert, Watt), one justice of the Court of Criminal Appeals (Lumpkin), and five justices of the Court of Civil Appeals (Goodman, Wiseman, Barnes, Rapp, Goree) will be on Tuesday's ballot. Oklahoma has a two-path appellate system: Criminal cases are appealed to the...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 29, 2014 11:38 PM

Terri Schiavo still alive

No one can say now that Terri Schiavo was on artificial life support. She has survived ten days without food or water, and it is reported that she is still responsive to visitors and that there are indications that she is not completely dehydrated. It may be that she is...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 28, 2005 5:57 PM