Oklahoma County DA strikes at Parole Board with fresh allegations
BY NOLAN CLAY NewsOK.com
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
2/05/13 at 6:08 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater is making a new allegation about the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board - that members have illegally changed their votes.
"Additionally, any time they changed a previously cast vote, outside of public scrutiny, I view that as a violation as well," Prater wrote to the board's defense attorney last week.
"We found several instances of that," Prater wrote.
He launched a criminal investigation of the parole board last year after concluding that it had blatantly violated the state Open Meeting Act. His initial allegation was that the board illegally took up early release requests without proper public notice.
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Original Print Headline: Prosecutor levels fresh allegations at Parole Board
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