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Attorney General Hunter Files Response to Democratic Challenge to State Voting Laws

August 21, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter has responded to two Democratic Party groups challenging the state’s voting laws, telling a federal judge the proposed changes would lead to electoral disruption and facilitate voter fraud.

The brief is in response to a lawsuit filed in May by the Oklahoma Democratic Party and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that complains about several voting procedures, claiming they severely burden Oklahomans’ voting rights during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.

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Attorney General Hunter Comments on 10th Circuit Ruling Colorado Sex Offender Registry Must Remain Available to Public

August 20, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today applauded the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for overturning a lower court’s decision that prohibited making information on sex offenders available to the public.

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Attorney General Hunter Urges Congressional Leadership to Better Protect Seniors Victimized by Fraud

August 10, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today sent a letter to congressional leadership, urging both chambers to amend the 1984 Victims of Crime Act to include senior citizens victimized by fraud as eligible for reimbursement by the Crime Victims Fund.

Reimbursements distributed from the Crime Victims Fund are typically reserved for victims of violent crime, not financial or white-collar crimes.

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Attorney General Hunter Releases FAQs Surrounding the McGirt Decision

August 6, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today released a list of detailed answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) surrounding the McGirt decision after appearing as a panelist yesterday evening with the state’s three U.S. attorneys at the annual Association of Oklahoma Narcotic Enforcers conference.

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Attorney General Hunter Prepares Brief with Court of Criminal Appeals Seeking Guidance on Cases Affected by the McGirt Decision

August 3, 2020

To read the brief, click here.

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Attorney General Hunter Releases Statement After Supreme Court Rules on Gaming Compacts

July 21, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY - Attorney General Mike Hunter today released the following statement after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled the recent gaming compacts with the Comanche Nation and the Otoe-Missouria Tribe invalid under Oklahoma law.

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Murder Charges Filed in 1985 Cold Case

July 20, 2020

CHANDLER – Attorney General Mike Hunter has filed first-degree murder charges in a 33-year-old cold case involving a brutal murder in Lincoln County.

Paul Aikman was stabbed to death at a rest stop on the Turner Turnpike in Sept. 1985. At the time of the murder, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation’s (OSBI) agents collected cigarette butts from the crime scene, along with latent prints. A DNA profile was developed from one of the cigarette butts, however the case eventually went cold.

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Attorney General Hunter Responds to Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s Withdrawal from Agreement in Principle

July 17, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today released the following statement after the Muscogee (Creek) Nation withdrew from the agreement in principle for proposed federal legislation.

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Attorney General and Five Tribes Release Agreement in Principle for Criminal, Civil Jurisdiction

July 16, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter and tribal leaders collaborating after the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision today released an agreement in principle for proposed federal legislation that will clarify respective state and tribal jurisdiction in both criminal and civil matters.

To read the agreement, click here.

The attorney general released the following statement on the progress being made.

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State, Muscogee (Creek), Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole Nations Release Joint Statement in Response to SCOTUS Decision in McGirt Case

July 9, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – The State of Oklahoma, Muscogee (Creek), Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole Nations released this joint statement today following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the McGirt v. Oklahoma case.

The State, the Muscogee (Creek), Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole Nations have made substantial progress toward an agreement to present to Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice addressing and resolving any significant jurisdictional issues raised by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma.

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