No charges filed in more than a third of Oklahoma civil asset forfeiture cases
The presumption of innocence is a basic principle of the American legal system. Americans are presumed innocent of any allegations of illicit activity until proven guilty by the government…
Preserving the Fifth Amendment is the key to civil asset forfeiture reform in Oklahoma
On Tuesday, Oklahoma state Sen. Kyle Loveless (R-Oklahoma City) hosted a panel of national experts to discuss the Sooner State’s civil asset forfeiture laws. State Sen. Loveless invited me to…
Yes, civil asset forfeiture denies innocent people of their right to due process
Oklahoma has some of the worst civil asset forfeiture laws in the country. According to FreedomWorks’ state scorecard, Civil Asset Forfeiture: Grading the States, the standard of proof the…
Conservatives and progressives come together to protect innocent Oklahomans property rights
The effort to reform Oklahoma’s terrible civil asset forfeiture laws has brought together unlikely bedfellows from the ideologically opposed think tanks. In an op-ed published on Sunday, Terry England, vice…
Mary Fallin should get behind the effort to protect innocent Oklahomans from civil asset forfeiture
During a recent a recent discussion with Oklahoma journalists, Gov. Mary Fallin indicated that reforms were necessary to the Sooner State’s awful civil asset forfeiture laws. How far she is…
Oklahoma lawmaker comes under fire for trying to protect innocent people’s property
State Sen Kyle Loveless (R-Oklahoma City) recognizes that Oklahoma lacks adequate protections for innocent people whose property is seized by overzealous law enforcement. With the Oklahoma Legislature set to…
Oklahoma becomes the latest Republican state to enact meaningful justice reforms
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a major bill into law allowing judges to sentence nonviolent offenders below mandatory minimum sentences, a big government, one-size-fits-all policy that costs taxpayers big bucks.
FreedomWorks Activists Send Thousands of Messages to Oklahoma Governor’s Office to Repeal Common Core
In the final days before the deadline to sign HB 3399, FreedomWorks grassroots activists are sending thousands of messages to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin to repeal Common Core in Oklahoma.
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A Call to Service, Glenn Beck Leading by Example
America was founded on the ideas and principles of rugged individualism and personal responsibility, and at times these ideals are warped into an excuse to overlook the poor,…