OKLAHOMA CITY (April 23, 2024) –Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a brief today with the U.S. Supreme Court detailing why the execution of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip should be halted and his conviction remanded back to district court.
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April 23, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (April 23, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond today praised state senators for passing House Bill 4156 allowing state law enforcement officers to arrest and incarcerate illegal immigrants as a means of helping combat Oklahoma’s numerous illegal marijuana grow operations.
Drummond had requested legislative leaders to craft the bill, which now makes its way to the governor’s desk.
April 23, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (April 23, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following statement today in response to the latest audit findings of State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd:
“The audit findings released today show troubling and all too familiar patterns of mismanagement, costing taxpayers millions as a result. Today’s report confirms my previous order of an investigative audit of OMES, which is sorely needed and long overdue.
April 23, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (April 23, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond today praised state senators for passing House Bill 4156 allowing state law enforcement officers to arrest and incarcerate illegal immigrants as a means of helping combat Oklahoma’s numerous illegal marijuana grow operations.
Drummond had requested legislative leaders to craft the bill, which now makes its way to the governor’s desk.
April 23, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (April 23, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following statement today in response to the latest audit findings of State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd:
“The audit findings released today show troubling and all too familiar patterns of mismanagement, costing taxpayers millions as a result. Today’s report confirms my previous order of an investigative audit of OMES, which is sorely needed and long overdue.
April 22, 2024
OKLAHOMA C ITY (April 22, 2024) – Attorney General Drummond is urging the United States Supreme Court to consider a case that could dramatically limit the immunity that shields Big Tech companies from civil lawsuits.
The case, styled as Doe v Snap, involves a young man seeking to hold Snapchat accountable for its role in his being a victim of sexual abuse. The social media platform has so far been able to use Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to shield itself from any accountability.
April 18, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (April 18, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond today lauded state House members for their passage of House Bill 4156. Drummond requested the measure, which allows state law enforcement to arrest and incarcerate illegal immigrants, to assist his efforts to eliminate Oklahoma’s numerous illegal marijuana grows often run by foreign nationals.
April 18, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (April 18, 2024) – Amid the continued failure of the Biden Administration to secure the border and obey federal law, Attorney General Gentner Drummond today urged the state House to approve a new bill that would allow state law enforcement to arrest and incarcerate illegal immigrants.
Drummond requested the Legislature to take action on a state-based solution that would assist his efforts to eradicate the countless illegal marijuana grow operations often run by foreign nationals.
April 18, 2024
It’s time for state enforcement on illegal immigration
Every state in the Union is confronting the threat to public safety created by the Biden Administration’s utter failure to secure the border. Even so-called “sanctuary cities” have been overrun and overwhelmed, their elected leaders calling for action and reform. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the crush of illegal immigrants “will destroy New York City.”
April 17, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (April 17, 2024) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond commended the state Senate today for unanimously approving a measure expanding the definition of “child pornography” to include computer generated or altered images of children being forced to engage in sexually explicit conduct. In addition, House Bill 3642 clarifies definitions of “child pornography,” “obscenity,” “visual depiction,” and “sexually explicit conduct” and will make possession of each individual image of child sexual abuse material a separate crime.