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Showing: September, 2007
Judicial Activism Bans God and Bible from Victim Impact Statements
State Senator Calls Decision by Court of Criminal Appeals ‘Judicial Activism Run Amuck’

Outrage and disappointment were the reactions of one legislator in response to the decision by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to overturn the death penalty in the Trooper Nikky Joe Green murder trial.

State Sen. Jonathan Nichols, R-Norman, blasted the Court’s decision to reverse the imposition of the death penalty for Green’s killer, Ricky Ray Malone, in part because Green’s widow referenced God and the Bible.
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Sen. Nichols blasts Court of Criminal Appeals' decision.