Entries tagged with “Curtis McCarty”
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Innocence
,May 11, 2007
BREAKING NEWS: Oklahoma Man Freed Today from Death Row — 124th Death Penalty Exoneration
Curtis Edward McCarty, who had been sentenced to die three times and has spent 21 years on Oklahoma’s death row for a crime he did not commit, has been released after District Court Judge Twyla Mason Gray ordered that the charges against him be dismissed. Gray ruled that the case against McCarty was tainted by the questionable testimony of former police chemist Joyce Gilchrist, who gave improper expert testimony about semen and hair evidence during McCarty’s trial. Oklahoma…
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,New Voices
,Aug 15, 2018
Fox Commentator: Oklahoma “Frontier Justice” Has Produced “Wretched Record” of Wrongful Capital Convictions
Calling Oklahoma “the notorious home of ‘Hang ’Em High’ executions,” conservative commentator and Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin (pictured) has urged the state to adopt sytemic reforms to address its “wretched record on wrongful…
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Nov 05, 2015
History of Misconduct Chronicled in Oklahoma County With 41 Executions
Oklahoma County has executed 41 prisoners since 1976, the third highest in the country, and is among the 2% of American counties responsible for 56% of the men and women currently on the nation’s death rows. A ThinkProgress report chronicles the decades-long pattern of misconduct committed under its long-time District Attorney “Cowboy Bob” Macy…