The State Auditor's Office is looking to audit Oklahoma County for a bond rating, which could cost the county more money if the rating turns out negative.
Oklahoma County settles lawsuit over jail inmate s murder
Oklahoman
After being beaten at the Oklahoma County jail in 2017, inmate Maurice Dewayne Pendleton knew he was going to die. I m not going to make it, he said, according to testimony at the criminal trial for his assailants. The deadly dangers have been known to … Oklahoma County for more than 20 years, and yet they persist, the family s attorneys complained in a 2018 civil rights lawsuit.
On Friday, attorneys told a federal judge the lawsuit has been settled for $1.25 million.
Similar lawsuits still pending
Still pending are more than a dozen similar lawsuits that could result in higher taxes for property owners.