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Oklahoma judges imposing more fines to make up for budget cuts

August 31, 2009 – 8:17 am | Comments Off
Oklahoma judges imposing more fines to make up for budget cuts

From NewsOK:

Criminals in Oklahoma could soon pay more in fines as judges look for ways to overcome a loss in taxpayer dollars.

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Judges are encouraged at workshops to raise fines in certain instances and to not forgive court costs.

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Sotomayor takes circuit court covering Oklahoma

August 24, 2009 – 8:24 am | Comments Off
Sotomayor takes circuit court covering Oklahoma

From The Tulsa World:

New U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has become the court’s designated “circuit justice” for the 10th federal judicial circuit, which includes Oklahoma.

A circuit justice receives and may decide emergency requests to the Supreme Court from a particular circuit until the high court takes final action.

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