Kevin Buchanan (attorney)

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Kevin Buchanan is an American former district attorney for Washington County and Nowata County, Oklahoma from Bartlesville and an Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board member appointed by Governor Kevin Stitt on August 3, 2023. [1] His term on the board will expire in January 2027. [2]

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He held his role of district attorney for over a decade. [3] Before that, he was a defense attorney. [4]

Career

Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board

In July 2023, Cathy Stoker resigned from the board saying that her role was not a "good fit" and Kevin Buchanan was appointed by Governor Stitt to replace her. [5] [1] Stocker had been chosen to replace Kelly Doyle, who resigned unexpectedly from the board in 2022 around the same time as Adam Luck. The Governor's choice of Stocker came "in an election year as Stitt is being accused in TV attack ads of being soft on crime. Many of the ads focus on how many prisoners have been released through commutations recommended by the parole board." [6] Stocker was the only woman on the board. [7] She resigned just before Richard Smothermon did in August 2023 after criticism from Representative Kevin McDugle criticized the board and Smothermon specifically for not giving Richard Glossip's case five full board votes. [8] Smothermon gave no direct reason for why he resigned, but Buchanan comes to the Pardon and Parole Board when it is "currently the target of a lawsuit brought by death-row inmate Richard Glossip after he was denied a clemency recommendation." [9] McDugle said that he would like to see the pardon and parole board "have seven members instead of five and he’s going to work during the next legislative session" toward that goal. [10]

District Attorney

He has criticized the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision. [11]

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  1. 1 2 "Bartlesville Radio » News » Buchanan Appointed to Pardon, Parole Board". Bartlesville Radio. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  2. ↑ "Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board - Board Members". www.ok.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  3. ↑ "Bartlesville Radio » News". m.bartlesvilleradio.com. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  4. ↑ Correspondent, LAURA SUMMERS World (2011-02-21). "New DA at work in Washington, Nowata counties". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  5. ↑ Maupin, Jennifer (2023-08-11). "2 OK Pardon and Parole Board members resign amid Glossip lawsuit". 2 News Oklahoma KJRH Tulsa. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  6. ↑ Clay, Nolan (1 April 2022). "Former District Attorney Cathy Stocker appointed to Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board". The Oklahoman.
  7. ↑ Pope, Anna. "Former state prosecutor appointed to Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board". KOSU.
  8. ↑ "Two of five Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board members resign". KFOR.com Oklahoma City. 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  9. ↑ World, Barbara Hoberock Tulsa (2023-08-10). "Two former prosecutors resign from five-member Pardon and Parole Board". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  10. ↑ "Two Pardon and Parole Board members resign amid Glossip lawsuit". www.fox23.com. 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  11. ↑ Staff, Burt Mummolo, KTUL (2021-11-02). "District attorney blasts McGirt as public safety disaster". KOKH. Retrieved 2023-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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