Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 11/06/2026OKLAHOMA PRIMARY ELECTION 🗳️ Polls have just opened as early voting begins Thursday for an Oklahoma primary election that features numerous significant races and a major state question. Here's what you need to know before casting your vote: tinyurl.com/35sckaj3tinyurl.comEarly voting for Oklahoma primary election and State Question 832 startsPolls are set to open as early voting begins Thursday for Oklahoma primary election that features numerous significant races and a major state question. 010
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 04/05/2026TN may execute Tony Carruthers on May 21 without considering evidence that could prove his innocence. Sign this to stop the execution + allow forensic testing! @uscedp.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...actionnetwork.orgNo Wrongful Execution for Tony CarruthersTony Carruthers could be innocent – but without your intervention, Tennessee may execute him without considering the full evidence. Tony was convicted without physical evidence, based on testimony fr... 010
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I just wrote a @uscedp.bsky.social letter: Prevent Wrongful Executions, Pause Executions in Oklahoma!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/paus...actionnetwork.orgPause Executions in OklahomaOklahoma's death penalty is costly, ineffective, and has risked the execution of innocent people. None of the 46 recommendations made by the bipartisan Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission Report ... 010
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Michel Buthion, acclaimed Oklahoma restauranteur, passes away -- A Fond Farwell Patrick B McGuigan www.citynewsokc.com/opinion/mich...citynewsokc.comMichel Buthion, acclaimed Oklahoma restauranteur, passes away -- A Fond FarewellOklahoma City -- Michel Buthion, co-owner of La Baguette Bistro, one of the Sooner State's most acclaimed restaurants, died on Friday, February 6. 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 17/12/2025A Question: What Hath Drummond Wrought? And a Remedy: He should resign (OPINION) | Patrick B. McGuigan, Editor Emeritus, CityNewsOKC.com www.citynewsokc.com/opinion/a-qu...citynewsokc.comA Question: What Hath Drummond Wrought? And a Remedy: He should resign (OPINION)Oklahoma City -- Even though he has taken actions which have provided some benefits for Oklahoma, state Attorney General Gentner Drummond is the man whose personal ambitions are -- month 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 11/11/2025More voices in Oklahoma and across the nation plead for Governor Stitt to grant clemency to death row prisoner Tremane Wood. CityNews.com www.citynewsokc.com/.../article_.... By Patrick B. McGuigan, Editor Emeritus 010
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Here’s Leslie Fitzhugh and Tena Jefferson staffing the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty table at the Peace Festival! 030
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 09/11/2025THIS WEEKEND, BE A PART OF FLOODING SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS ACROSS THE NATION WITH TREMANE WOOD!! Send an email using our new link: tinyurl.com/y4mj5em7 #alleyesontremanewood 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 08/11/2025TODAY - The Annual Peace Festival is happening in Oklahoma City. Fair trade and home-made goods offered at the tables include organic coffee, pottery, crafts, carvings, and hand-made items from local artists and around the world. 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 07/11/2025On November 5, 2025, the OK Pardon & Parole Board voted 3-2 in favor of clemency for Tremane Wood. We are now asking Gov. Stitt to grant clemency for Tremane, who is facing a Nov. 13, execution date. To send a letter to Gov. Stitt, please click here: tinyurl.com/mpaph8d4tinyurl.comPlease Save Tremane Wood from ExecutionTREMANE IS A BLACK MAN ON DEATH ROW FACING EXECUTION ON NOV 13…BUT HE DIDN’T KILL ANYONE. Tremane participated in a robbery during which his older brother, Zjaiton (“Jake”) Wood, killed a man named Ro... 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Please join @acluok.bsky.social on a virtual community call tomorrow at 12:00pm. We will be discussing how we all can advocate for Tremane Wood's life. The call will be held on Zoom. Please register using this link: northeastern.zoom.us/meeting/regi.... 020
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommends clemency for death row inmate Tremane Wood - News9.com by Graham Dowers www.news9.com/crime/oklaho... 010
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Oklahoma City Fire Stations Team Up with OKC Animal Welfare to Reunite Lost Pets with Owners By Jody Myers Hoodline.com hoodline.com/2025/11/okla... 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 04/11/2025#OKCAnimalShelter to host holiday Paws Giving Fest and calls for Pet Food Pantry support CapitolBeatOK.com www.capitolbeatok.com/reports/okc-... 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Popular Fall Peace Festival returns November 8 to Oklahoma City CapitolBeatOK.com #ThePeaceHouseOK www.capitolbeatok.com/reports/popu... 010
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Sonia Sotomayor is the Supreme Court's great dissenter on one issue - the death penalty @slate.com By Austin Sarat slate.com/news-and-pol... Oct. 20, 2025slate.comSonia Sotomayor’s Moral Clarity on One Particular Issue Has Been StrikingSotomayor has done what all great dissenters on the United States Supreme Court have done before her. 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Oklahoma City Animal Welfare hosts Dogtober Festival at Earlywine Park on Saturday, October. 18 @CapitolBeatOK www.capitolbeatok.com/reports/okla... okcanimalwelfare.co. 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 18/10/2025TODAY!! NO KINGS OKC Demonstration – Indivisible Oklahoma City Hall Park (East side of Oklahoma City Hall) 200 N Walker Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73102 🗓 Saturday, October 18, 2025 ⏰ 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. indivisibleoklahoma.com/nokingsokc/indivisibleoklahoma.comNo Kings OKCSIGN UP NOW In America, we don't put up with would-be kings. Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a s... 122
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Pets & People’s Viva Las Vegas Gala set for October 18. CapitolBeatOK.com www.capitolbeatok.com/reports/pets... 010
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 14/10/2025For the fire facilities line item on the GO Bond vote @FreePress By Free Press Guest James Nimmo freepressokc.com/for-the-fire...freepressokc.comFor the fire facilities line item on the GO Bond voteOKC resident James Nimmo advocates for Prop #11 — Fire Facilities — on the General Obligation (GO) Bond vote in the City of Oklahoma City on Tues, Oct. 14. 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Trump's Unsupported Death Penalty Claim www.factcheck.org/2025/09/trum... via @factcheckdotorg By Robert Farleyfactcheck.orgTrump's Unsupported Death Penalty Claim - FactCheck.orgAt a Cabinet meeting on Aug. 26, President Donald Trump proposed seeking the death penalty for anyone convicted of murder in Washington, D.C., claiming the death penalty is "a very strong preventative... 010
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 28/08/2025New court filing shows why Oklahoma's Attorney General wants to delay Tremane Wood’s execution www.news9.com/story/688ea3... By: Amanda Siew @news9.bsky.socialnews9.comNew court filing shows why Oklahoma's Attorney General wants to delay Tremane Wood’s executionGentner Drummond argued the previously requested September 11 execution date is "increasingly infeasible" due to requirements with scheduling clemency hearings in front of the Oklahoma Pardon and Paro... 010
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Death Penalty Absurdity on Display in Tennessee Case: verdict.justia.com/2025/08/04/d... @Verdict By Austin Saratverdict.justia.comDeath Penalty Absurdity on Display in Tennessee CaseAmherst professor Austin Sarat examines the impending execution of Byron Black in Tennessee, highlighting deep flaws in the state’s application of the death penalty, particularly for intellectually di... 010
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 28/07/2025By #ArnoldHamilton: Will the real Gentner Drummond please stand up? journalrecord.com/2025/06/12/h... @TheJournalRecordjournalrecord.comHamilton: Will the real Gentner Drummond please stand up?If you’re of a certain age, you’ll get the reference to the long-running TV show To Tell The Truth in which celebrity panelists sought to determine the true central character from three choices. 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Curbside Chronicle to host OKC Thunder Watch Party fundraiser on June 22 CurbsideChronicle.com @okcthunder.bsky.social homelessalliance.com capitolbeatok.com www.capitolbeatok.com/reports/curb... 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Musicians surround Proud Boys, drown them out with tubas at 'No Kings' protest in Atlanta, GA - YouTube (The band starts at about 1:35) www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhBa...youtube.comMusicians surround Proud Boys, drown them out with tubas at 'No Kings' protest in AtlantaYouTube video by Tennessean 020
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 14/06/2025‘No Kings OKC’ march and rally set for Saturday, June 14. Starts 9 a.m. at OKC Blvd. & Hudson, ends at City Hall Park. Here’s what to know: #NoKingsOKC | Brett Dickerson - Editor reports tinyurl.com/4sukemf5freepressokc.com‘NO KINGS’ Okla City march and rally Saturday — what to know‘No Kings OKC’ march and rally set for Saturday, June 14. Starts 9 a.m. at OKC Blvd. & Hudson, ends at City Hall Park. Here’s what to know: #NoKingsOKC 020
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 10/06/2025In Shocking Move, Oklahoma AG Decides to Retry Richard Glossip for Murder theintercept.com/2025/06/09/r... By Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith @theintercept.comtheintercept.comIn Shocking Move, Oklahoma AG Decides to Retry Richard Glossip for MurderDuring a hearing in Oklahoma City, the state made clear it will go ahead despite the fact that the case against Glossip has fallen apart. 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Supreme Court tossed Richard Glossip’s conviction: What Comes Next? www.news9.com/story/6846a3... @news9.bsky.social By: Jayden Brannonnews9.comSupreme Court tossed Richard Glossip’s conviction: What Comes Next?Richard Glossip, once on death row for an alleged murder-for-hire crime, returns to court after the Supreme Court overturned his conviction due to withheld evidence. 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Status Hearing Set for Former Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip www.newson6.com/story/684363...newson6.comStatus Hearing Set for Former Death Row Inmate Richard GlossipRichard Glossip, formerly on Oklahoma’s death row, is back in legal limbo. Since his conviction was overturned in February, he’s been held at the Oklahoma County Detention Center, awaiting the state’s... 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Oklahoma City Animal Welfare launches new check-in system and will host National Dog Party Day event June 21 capitolbeatok.com www.capitolbeatok.com/reports/okla... 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 29/05/20252025 OKC Pride on 39th festivities set for May 30 – June 1 capitolbeatok.com www.capitolbeatok.com/reports/2025... 010
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Supreme Court blocks creation of religious charter school in Oklahoma @npr.org By Nina Totenberg www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...npr.orgSupreme Court blocks creation of religious charter school in OklahomaThe court was deadlocked 4-4, which meant a state Supreme Court ruling that declared the school violated the constitutional separation of church and state remained in place. 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 13/05/2025I'm glad to announce that Pat Hoerth Batchelder's book launch will be on Sat, May 24, 2:30 - 4:30, at 1515 Lincoln Gallery, at 15th & Lincoln Blvd. Music, a little food, a little wine and a little reading about a remarkable woman, #EvelynBeatriceLongman. #FullCircleBookstore will bring the books. 010
Reposted by Darla SheldenDeath Penalty Information Center @deathpenaltyinfo.org · 29/04/2025Louisiana Judge Sets Aside Jimmie Duncan’s Conviction and Death Sentence Based on “No Longer Valid” Bite Mark Evidence #deathpenalty #Louisiana deathpenaltyinfo.org/louisiana-ju...deathpenaltyinfo.orgLouisiana Judge Sets Aside Jimmie Duncan’s Conviction and Death Sentence Based on “No Longer Valid” Bite Mark Evidence | Death Penalty Information CenterOn April 24, 2025, Louisiana District Court Judge Alvin Sharp set aside Jimmie Duncan’s first-degree murder conviction and death sentence. Mr. 001
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 28/04/2025On Sat., May 17 the @ok-cadp.bsky.social will host its 33rd OK-CADP Annual Dinner at New Covenant Christian Church (DOC) starting at 5:30p. Keynote speaker is faith leader and founder of the #juliusjonescoalition, #CeceJones-Davis. Please join us! okcadp.org/event/ok-cad... 010
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 24/04/2025#OklahomaHumaneSociety to host “Pittie Block Party” offering $25 spay/neuter surgeries to pit bull families in Oklahoma City www.capitolbeatok.com/reports/okla... 001
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Richard Glossip returns to OK County Detention Center after SCOTUS throws out conviction okcfox.com/news/local/r... @OKCFOX by Alexander Sharifmanokcfox.comRichard Glossip returns to OK County Detention Center after SCOTUS throws out convictionA man who was previously on death row was booked back into the Oklahoma County Detention Center on Tuesday after his murder conviction and death sentence were t 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Please join us for the 2025 @ok-cadp.bsky.social OK-CADP Annual Dinner on Sat., May 17, from 5:30 - 9p at the New Covenant Christian Church (DOC), 12000 N. Rockwell in Oklahoma City. Keynote speaker is #CeceJonesDavis with music provided by the #NormanNorthJazzAllStars! okcadp.org/event/ok-cad... 011
Reposted by Darla SheldenBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit. 15568916518162
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 16/04/2025www.narativ.org/p/whistle-bl...narativ.orgWhistle Blower: Russian Breach of US Data Through DOGE Was Carried Out Over Starlink "Directly to Russia"Daniel Berulis appeared on Rachel Maddow's news show with his attorney Andrew Bakaj 000
Reposted by Darla Sheldenlauraburstein.bsky.social @lauraburstein.bsky.social · 10/04/2025VIDEO PRESS CONFERENCE: Attorneys, faith leaders, and anti-violence advocates ask Gov. Lee to halt executions while courts assess TN’s problematic lethal injection protocol. Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/d0xRne9...youtube.comPress conference advocating for pause on inmate executionsYouTube video by FOX NASHVILLE 001
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 15/04/2025@ok-cadp.bsky.social| The firing squad’s return is a defeat for death penalty supporters | By Austin Sarat | @TheGuardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe return of the firing squad is a defeat for death penalty supporters | Austin SaratThe method is a vivid reminder of the brutality of state killing. That undermines the pro-capital-punishment narrative 000
Reposted by Darla SheldenDeath Penalty Information Center @deathpenaltyinfo.org · 25/03/2025Records Show Tennessee Officials Have Spent Nearly $600,000 of Taxpayer Funds for Lethal Injection Drugs Since 2017 #DeathPenalty deathpenaltyinfo.org/records-show...deathpenaltyinfo.orgRecords Show Tennessee Officials Have Spent Nearly $600,000 of Taxpayer Funds for Lethal Injection Drugs Since 2017 | Death Penalty Information CenterAccording to records requested by *The Tennessean*, between 2017 and 2025 the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC spent nearly $600,000 of... 002
Reposted by Darla SheldenDeath Penalty Information Center @deathpenaltyinfo.org · 31/03/2025Article of Interest: Spiritual Adviser Reflects on Relationship with Executed Death Row Prisoner #deathpenalty religionnews.com/2025/03/24/h...religionnews.com'We're more than the worst thing we've done', says spiritual adviser to man executed by firing squad(RNS) — For United Methodist minister Hillary Taylor, there's a reward in introducing outsiders to someone who is kind and compassionate — 'telling a story that maybe hasn’t been told before.' 001
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Longest-serving inmate on Arkansas' death row dies from natural causes | @apnews.com By ANDREW DEMILLO apnews.com/article/deat...apnews.comLongest-serving inmate on Arkansas' death row dies from natural causesA convicted murderer who was the longest-serving inmate on Arkansas' death row has died of natural causes. 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Trump Skips Return Of Dead U.S. Soldiers To Play Golf And Boost His Business | HuffPost Latest News By S.V. Date www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...huffpost.comTrump Skips Return Of Dead U.S. Soldiers To Play Golf And Boost His Business InsteadThe four Army soldiers died in a training exercise in Lithuania. Trump chose to attend his personal business partners’ dinner Thursday and play golf Friday. 000
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Lisa B. Synar to retire after 16 years of service with OKCBeautiful.com CapitolBeatOK.com www.capitolbeatok.com/reports/lisa... 010
Darla Shelden @darlajane.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Even Ferris Bueller's teacher knew the results of imposing tariffs.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuOH... #tariffsyoutube.comHawley–Smoot Tariff - Ferris Bueller's Day Off.YouTube video by International School History 020
