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Between 1956 and 1967, justice was for sale in Oklahoma's highest court and Supreme Court decisions went to the highest bidder. Lee Card, himself a former judge, describes a system infected with favoritism and partisanship in which party loyalty trumped fairness and a shaky payment structure built on commissions invited exploitation.
“This well-researched and well-written book tells a sordid tale with a happy ending.”—Kent Frates, author of Oklahoma’s Most Notorious Cases
“When the judges are the crooks, who can judge? Lee Card combines careful legal and historical research to tell a fascinating tale of the institutionalized corruption of Oklahoma’s highest court, the fall of the justices involved, and the subsequent reform of the judiciary. This story ranks with the breaking of the Ku Klux Klan’s hold on the legislature and the county commissioners scandal as a formative event in Oklahoma’s history. Every serious citizen of a state needs to read this excellent book.”—Keith Gaddie, President’s Associates Presidential Professor of Political Science, Journalism, and Architecture, University of Oklahoma
Lee Card holds a doctorate in history from the University of Oklahoma. For twenty-eight years he served as Associate District Judge in Carter County, Oklahoma.
“This well-researched and well-written book tells a sordid tale with a happy ending.”—Kent Frates, author of Oklahoma’s Most Notorious Cases
“When the judges are the crooks, who can judge? Lee Card combines careful legal and historical research to tell a fascinating tale of the institutionalized corruption of Oklahoma’s highest court, the fall of the justices involved, and the subsequent reform of the judiciary. This story ranks with the breaking of the Ku Klux Klan’s hold on the legislature and the county commissioners scandal as a formative event in Oklahoma’s history. Every serious citizen of a state needs to read this excellent book.”—Keith Gaddie, President’s Associates Presidential Professor of Political Science, Journalism, and Architecture, University of Oklahoma
Lee Card holds a doctorate in history from the University of Oklahoma. For twenty-eight years he served as Associate District Judge in Carter County, Oklahoma.