Month: May 2016

When you think of investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), you might think of Wall Street kingpins like Bernie Madoff and Michael Milken, but the SEC's investigatory process takes them far beyond Manhattan. In 1983, Oklahoma's own legendary...

A new law passed by the Oklahoma legislature and signed into law by Governor Fallin will toughen the penalties that DUI defendants will face if convicted. HB 3146 - the "Impaired Driving Elimination Act" - will make it easier for courts to impose longer sentences and...

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is four years into serving a 30-year minimum prison sentence for sexually assaulting 10 minors over a 14-year period. He appealed his 2012 guilty verdict once already, and now he is appealing his conviction for...

It's a well-known fact that, under federal law, people convicted of a felony are prohibited from possessing a firearm, and if felons found possessing firearms can be sentenced to up to ten years in prison. Lesser known are the much more strict - and now partially...