Clark Brewster, who represented Tulsa County in the Elliott Williams trial, spoke with The Frontier and gave his thoughts on the $10.2 million verdict and the trial he said had a “circus-like atmosphere.”
Former Sheriff Stanley Glanz will also have to pay $250,000 in punitive compensatory damages. He was sued in his “individual capacity.”
The court heard testimony from more than 20 people over 17 days. Closing statements from both sides are expected to be heard by the jury Friday.
The sudden resignation of Gov. Mary Fallin’s general counsel, Jennifer Chance, is linked to her referral of legal business to her husband, The Frontier has learned. Chance suggested that relatives of former Reserve Deputy Robert Bates hire her husband to seek commutation of his sentence.
Dr. Andrew Adusei was giving inmates injections of a saltwater “placebo” — apparently because he thought they were faking illness — and giving inmates injections in their jugular veins. Robinette called the issue a “personality conflict.”
Former Interim Sheriff testifies in the Elliott Williams trial that former Undersheriff Brian Edowards “believed there to be a lack of leadership, a lack of control and that I had dropped the ball.”
More than 10 minutes of Tammy Hanley’s interview with detectives was either muted or deleted. In an audio clip played in court Friday, the first 13 minutes of the interview are silent.
Elliott Williams was devoted to working in his parents’ ministry, his older brother testified Thursday. The siblings were close and saw each other at church three times each week.
