Published on: Friday, May 28, 2021

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter announced his resignation Wednesday—a day after the Oklahoman submitted questions to him about an affair with a state employee (article available here).

Hunter’s office is involved in a major litigation that involves changes to criminal jurisdiction following a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year, McGirt v. Oklahoma, that held that a large part of eastern central Oklahoma is an American Indian reservation. As a result of McGirt, Oklahoma courts have held, tribal members who commit crimes on the Creek Reservation cannot be prosecuted by the state of Oklahoma.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court granted Oklahoma’s request to keep inmate Shaun Bosse on death row after his conviction was overturned as a result of McGirt. Previous coverage available here.