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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
HOUSE BILL 3201 By: Humphrey
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to prisons and reformatories;
directing the Pardon and Parole Board to establish
Conviction Integrity Review Unit; stating purpose of
the Unit; providing for the employment of attorneys,
an investigator, and paralegal; stating
qualifications; authorizing inmates to submit certain
petitions; specifying requirements for reviewing
convictions; authorizing the Unit to initiate certain
investigations; directing the Unit to present its
findings and recommendations to the Pardon and Parole
Board; directing the Unit to provide copies of its
report to certain agencies and persons; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 371 of Title 57, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Pardon and Parole Board is hereby authorized to
establish a Conviction Integrity Review Unit for the purpose of
reviewing convictions of those inmates who have received death
sentences.
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B. The Pardon and Parole Board shall employ and fix the duties
and compensation of not less than two attorneys, who shall be
licensed to practice law in this state and who shall have experience
in either prosecuting criminal cases or providing criminal defense
representation to defendants in criminal cases. The Pardon and
Parole Board shall also employ and fix the duties and compensation
of an investigator, who shall be certified by the Council on Law
Enforcement Education and Training, and a paralegal. The attorneys,
investigator, and paralegal hired by the Board shall not be a
current employee of the Office of the Attorney General or the office
of any district attorney in this state.
C. Any inmate who has received a sentence of death in this
state shall be authorized to submit a petition to the Conviction
Integrity Review Unit requesting the review of his or her
conviction. The Pardon and Parole Board shall determine the manner
and form of the petition.
D. The Conviction Integrity Review Unit shall be authorized to
review any capital murder conviction that occurred within this state
under the following circumstances:
1. The inmate received a sentence of death;
2. The inmate has presented in his or her petition for review a
plausible claim of actual innocence of the crime which is:
a. supported by information or evidence not previously
presented, and
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b. capable of being investigated and resolved; and
3. The direct appeal of the inmate has become final, a mandate
has been issued, and there is no pending litigation relating to the
conviction.
E. The Conviction Integrity Review Unit shall also be
authorized to initiate an investigation to determine whether an
inmate was convicted of an offense that he or she did not commit.
F. Once an investigation has been completed by the Conviction
Integrity Review Unit, the Unit shall present a report with its
findings and recommendations to the Pardon and Parole Board. Copies
of the report shall be delivered to the Attorney General, the office
of the district attorney who prosecuted the criminal case, the
attorney who represented the inmate in the criminal case, and the
inmate.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
60-2-14803 GRS 12/30/25