Brittany Sanchez gave birth to her first child while shackled to a hospital bed. Despite another person's confession, Sanchez served multiple sentences and spent years torn from her children.

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Despite laudable recent progress in Oklahoma law, the story of Nikole Janowski reveals the inadequacy of response to individuals suffering from epilepsy, particularly in regard to law enforcement.

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The story of a Texas County mom uncovers irregularities in panhandle justice – small town conflicts of interest and snitch mills – and becomes a parable about when an accused might need to defend themselves .

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A tip from a former Guymon police officer offers hard evidence of police abuses characteristic of rural Oklahoma.

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Two stories of injustice in a single family reveal a craven power imbalance in rural Oklahoma

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A drug task force in Oklahoma’s panhandle has been stopping truckers, then offering to make the problem go away for a $360 fee. That circumvents the courts and has added more than $2 million to the district attorney’s coffers.

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