Oklahoma Criminal Appeals Court Says McGirt Is Not Retroactive

(August 13, 2021, 2:26 PM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — Prisoners in Oklahoma whose convictions for major crimes became final before the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark criminal jurisdiction ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma cannot use the decision as a get-out-of-jail-free card, the state’s criminal appeals court held Aug. 12, reversing a trial court’s grant of post-conviction relief for a convicted murderer based on McGirt....

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