For the second year in a row, the Oklahoma House gave final approval to bipartisan legislation that aims to prevent technology and telecommunications companies from sharing Oklahomans’ digital data without their consent. Rep. Collin Walke, the author of the Computer Data Privacy Act of 2022, touts the measure as the first in the nation to…Read More
OKLAHOMA CITY — A bill moving through the Legislature would remove some fees charged to offenders convicted of certain crimes. Senate Bill 1458, by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Roger Thompson, R-Okemah, passed the Senate last week and now heads to the House for consideration. Thompson said the fees would be made up through the appropriations…Read More
In 1988, Perry Lott was convicted of a rape and home invasion in Ada and sentenced to more than 100 years in prison. Thirty years later, in July 2018, after DNA evidence pointing to another man emerged, Lott walked out of a Pontotoc County courtroom a free man. Well, sort of. The evidence that excluded…Read More
Virginia legislators voted last week to extend the time frame during which a parent may surrender a newborn under the state’s safe haven law, and to launch a hotline for increasing awareness of the law’s existence. According to the Virginia Mercury, lawmakers passed a total of four bills aimed at expanding the state’s safe haven laws.…Read More
Colorado lawmakers are debating The Reproductive Health Equity Act, a piece of legislation which would codify Colorado’s place as one of the most permissive states in the U.S. when it comes to abortion. Pro-lifers rallied against the bill March 12 at the Colorado capitol in downtown Denver. The Archdiocese of Denver has encouraged all Coloradans…Read More