Oklahoma judicial news

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• State House passes bill on workers comp judges "The Oklahoma House of Representatives voted Thursday to make workers compensation court judges subject to Senate approval, a move intended to limit gubernatorial influence on the appointments." (4/2/09)

• Tulsa World, "Ex-judge who used sex device in court disbarred", Sept 23, 2008 The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday disbarred former Creek County District Judge Donald D. Thompson.

• Former DA to go on trial for Embezzlement (6/2/08) Jury selection is to begin in Okmulgee in the embezzlement trial of former District Attorney Richard Gray of Wagoner. In the trial starting Monday Gray is charged with embezzling nearly $9,000 that his office's drug task force had seized during drug raids.

• Secrecy rules carry Oklahoma Supreme Court to 'black hole' (3/18/2008)

• Torts and Coffee: Senate Co-President and Republicans will push for lawsuit reform, and a whole lot more (1/23/2008)

• Judge cuts prison term in city murder There is likely only a thin line between a life sentence and life without parole for a 43-year-old convicted killer, but it was the last straw for Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater. Prater was not pleased Tuesday after District Judge Kenneth Watson opted to change Billy Earl Parker's sentence to life in prison. Life without parole had been imposed by the jury that convicted Parker of murder in February 2007. "Modifying this sentence from life without parole to life is an absolute miscarriage of justice,” Prater said. "The judge has now circumvented the jury process.”

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