Southwest Oklahoma DA picked to investigate ex-state judge
May 23, 2021
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The state has chosen the district attorney of four southwestern Oklahoma counties to consider sexual misconduct charges against a former judge.
The state attorney general’s office appointed Jason Hicks on Friday after he agreed to take on the case against former Oklahoma County Judge Tim Henderson, The Oklahoman reported. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has been investigating sexual misconduct allegations against Henderson involving five women.
Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater asked the OSBI to investigate two female assistant district attorneys accusations against the married judge.
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Prosecution seeking death penalty
But Oklahoma County District Judge Susan Stallings is allowing prosecutors to put on evidence linking him to three other deaths in Texas.
In an opening statement, Assistant District Attorney Ryan Stephenson told jurors Reece admitted choking Johnston in his horse trailer at the car wash after she yelled at him for spraying her.
The prosecutor said Reece confessed to raping her, too, stopping because it was too hot. He confessed to choking her with his hands and a rope after she hit him with a horseshoe.
Johnston was 19.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
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The attention comes as the board is playing a more pivotal role than ever in the criminal justice system in Oklahoma, finding itself embroiled in a high-profile death penalty case