Ben Fu is an ideas man. Are Tulsa County voters ready for that?
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27 March, 2018 / No comment
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14-Year-Old Rape Victim Sees Justice In Tulsa Courtroom
TULSA, Oklahoma – A 14-year-old girl who was walking home and brutally raped by a 15 year old, spoke in court Tuesday for the first time since the attack 18 months ago. She asked the judge to punish her rapist as much as he punished......
27 March, 2012 / No comment
Sex offender gets life without parole for Tulsa rape
A previously convicted sex offender received a no-parole life prison sentence Friday upon being found guilty of raping a woman who said he picked her up when she was walking along a Tulsa road. A Tulsa County jury found Michael Ray Harris guilty of the......
08 February, 2013 / No comment
Daniels convicted in Kayla Ferrante murder trial
A Tulsa man was convicted Tuesday of murdering a teenager who police said was an innocent victim of gang violence. A Tulsa County jury found Edwin Jermaine Daniels guilty of killing 17-year old Kayla Ferrante, who was fatally shot as she sat in a car......
18 June, 2014 / No comment
Tulsa man gets life sentence after using Facebook to lure rape victim
Ashley Reed Pullen, 31, of Tulsa was convicted by a jury on Friday of first-degree rape by narcotic or anesthetic agent. He used a fake Facebook profile using this photo of a California model to get close to the woman and other possible victims. READ......
06 February, 2015 / No comment
Tulsa County prosecutors discuss Facebook rape case
Tulsa County Assistant District Attorneys Ben Fu and Jenny Proehl-Day talk about the rape case against Ashley Reed Pullen, 31, who allegedly lured women to his apartment using a fake Facebook page and other social websites. SEE THE VIDEO HERE!...
06 February, 2015 / No comment
About the team leaders and their units
Nick Codding Unit: general felonies (drug and property crimes, nonfatal shootings and other assaults) Team size: 10 prosecutors “Certainly we have a high volume (of cases), … though we deal in bulk, it’s never an assembly line.” Ben Fu Unit: sex crimes Team size:......
23 February, 2015 / No comment
Tulsa Sexual Assault Victim Tells Judge ‘I’ve Been Given A Life Sentence’
TULSA, Oklahoma – A sexual assault victim on Thursday told her attacker how the crime has changed her life. Terrell Littlejohn had nothing to say in response before the judge sentenced him. When the victim took the stand to read her victim impact statement, it......
29 October, 2015 / No comment
District attorney lightens burden of victims
Assistant district attorneys divided caseloads by type of crime The division helps reduce the number of prosecutors victims have to work with The division also helps move through cases faster Delayné Knapp says she is relieved to be done telling her story. Knapp was......
22 December, 2015 / No comment
People to Watch: Benjamin Fu takes on sex assault cases
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03 January, 2016 / No comment
With court ruling, sodomy law doesn’t apply to cases with unconscious victims
Tulsa prosecutors say they are angry over a ruling by Oklahoma’s highest criminal court that the state’s forcible sodomy law doesn’t apply when the victim is intoxicated or unconscious. The decision by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals contrasts with a national push to......
26 April, 2016 / No comment
Prosecutor: Court’s sodomy ruling ‘absurd’
An Oklahoma court upheld a ruling that forcible sodomy is not illegal if a victim is intoxicated or unconscious, a prosecutor with the Tulsa County District Attorney’s office disagrees with the ruling and is pushing for change. SEE FULL ARTICLE HERE!...
29 April, 2016 / No comment
‘Kid crimes’ difficult topic to discuss
“Kid crimes” is a difficult topic most people avoid talking about. Seasoned prosecutors often prefer murder cases because they feel they can be more effective in getting a verdict in that area and they don’t want to deal with crimes against children. Ben Fu, director......
27 July, 2016 / No comment
Tulsa man gets no-parole life sentences in 2012 shooting death of woman, unborn child
A Tulsa man was sentenced to two consecutive life-without-parole terms Friday after a jury found him guilty last month of killing a 19-year-old woman and their unborn child. Kenneth Hopkins, 28, was convicted Jan. 18 in the shooting of Marshay Wesson, who was about eight......
04 February, 2017 / No comment
Sentence of life with parole possible recommended by jury
Judith Nix (right) and one of her attorneys, Nora O’Neil, return to the courtroom for closing arguments Friday. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!...
11 March, 2017 / No comment
Amendment to strengthen rape by instrumentation law awaits Gov. Mary Fallin’s signature
Gov. Mary Fallin is scheduled Tuesday to take action on a bill approved by legislators last week that would strengthen laws regarding what constitutes rape by instrumentation. The bill’s author says the amended law would better protect victims of sex crimes and avoid “international embarrassment”......
01 May, 2017 / No comment