Eleven Defendants Charged with Murder in Indian Country Published: 15 May 2021 15 May 2021
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Oklahoma has returned separate indictments charging 11 defendants with murder and other various violent crimes arising out of Indian Country.
Over the course of a three-day grand jury session in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, trial attorneys with the Justice Department’s Organized Crime and Gang Section, working with and in support of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, obtained the indictments charging the 11 defendants. These indictments followed the reversal or dismissal of state cases as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma.
Bishop Zondo fails to stop public hearings into ‘sexual abuse’ News24 Wire
Archbishop Bafana Stephen Zondo at his church in Evaton near Vereeniging. Picture: Alaister Russell The judge agreed with the commission that the allegations were already in the public domain, as the matter was of public interest.
The High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed an application by controversial Pastor Bishop Bafana Zondo and his church Rivers of Living Waters Ministry to interdict the CRL commission from holding public hearings into allegations of sexual assault at the church.
The urgent application was heard, virtually, by Judge Leonie Windell on Friday. It was launched by Zondo, the church, and Lydia Malete, a senior pastor at the church who has been summoned to appear before
The CRL commission is investigating allegations of sexual abuse, among others, against Pastor Bishop Bafana Zondo.
Zondo’s application to interdict the commission s public hearings was dismissed with costs.
Zondo’s legal team will apply for leave to appeal the decision on Monday morning.
The Johannesburg High Court has dismissed an application by controversial Pastor Bishop Bafana Zondo and his church Rivers of Living Waters Ministry to interdict the CRL commission from holding public hearings into allegations of sexual assault at the church.
The urgent application was heard, virtually, by Judge Leonie Windell on Friday. It was launched by Zondo, the church, and Lydia Malete, a senior pastor at the church who has been summoned to appear before the commission on Monday.