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A Murder Victim's Daughter Speaks Against the Death Penalty
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- Opponents of capital punishment gather at the Capitol to observe the 10th World Day Against the Death Penalty. "I am here today because I believe we need to abolish the death penalty in Oklahoma," said Bishop Michael Girlinghouse of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Neely Goen is the daughter of a slain Kansas Highway Patrol Officer Conroy O'Brien. "There was some issues with dealing with the anger," said Goen. Goen never knew her father. He was killed five months before she was born. "I was a huge supporter of the death penalty until age 24 or 25 then God showed me this guy's life is worth just as much as mine," said Goen. Goen says through her faith she came to forgive her father's killer and form a relationship with him. "I want people to realize that everybody no matter right, no matter wrong, no matter whether they've cut you off in traffic or killed your brother, they're still a human being and all you're doing by taking them is causing more pain." While Goen's perspective on the death penalty changed as she got older, she quickly learned not everyone would agree with her. "I believe these people should pay the ultimate price in my opinion," said State Rep. Mike Sanders. Rep. Sanders argues capital punishment serves as a deterrent. He also believes it holds people accountable for their actions. Oklahoma has executed four inmates so far in 2012. Attorney General Scott Pruitt has asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to set execution dates for two other death row prisoners.
Posted: Wednesday, October 10 2012, 10:09 PM CDT
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Okla. grand jury returns new charges on ex-judge
May 23, 2013 23:32 GMT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahoma's multicounty grand jury has returned new indictments against a former Lincoln County judge who already faces embezzlement and cattle theft charges.
The grand jury handed up the indictments Thursday against 47-year-old Craig S. Key of Chandler.
Key turned himself in last month to Lincoln County authorities who set bond at $10,000.
One indictment accuses Key of harboring a fugitive by allegedly encouraging a client facing criminal charges in Lincoln and Jefferson counties to flee the state to avoid prosecution.
Another charges Key with five counts of delivery of a forged note and accuses him of forging the name of a woman whose signature was required on escrow account checks that Key was also required to sign.
Key's attorney, Cheryl Ramsey of Stillwater, says the additional indictments are no surprise.
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