District 20
District 20
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Deduction for known brady violations in office
Melissa Handke
Melissa Handke
Appointed by Gov. Stitt on August 4, 2023
LOST RE-ELECTION in the June 2026 primaries to James Gilmartin. Leaves office in Jauary 2027.
LOST RE-ELECTION in the June 2026 primaries to James Gilmartin. Leaves office in Jauary 2027.
OKLAHOMA'S MOST WANTED LIST:
OKLAHOMA'S MOST WANTED LIST:
Gentner Drummond has his "Most Wanted List"... We have ours. The people speak.
Melissa Handke is the Subject of Multiple Brady List Reports:
Melissa Handke is the Subject of Multiple Brady List Reports:
The Handke "Panky" Era is Coming to a Close!
The Handke "Panky" Era is Coming to a Close!
Can Gilmartin pass the Day One test?
Can Gilmartin pass the Day One test?
District 20 voters just sent Melissa Handke packing!!!
Not politely. Not narrowly. Not with a little “we appreciate your service” Hallmark card. Voters walked into the booth and handed Handke the political equivalent of a cardboard box and a security escort squeezing her elbow on her way out the door.
According to the Ardmorite, James Gilmartin did not simply squeak past the Stitt- appointed Handke for the win. He flattened her with 68.86% of the votes.
District 20 voters did not whisper. They screamed for change and deliverance as only 31.14% of voters were complacent in continuing Handke’s kangaroo regime. Is it possible Fern Smith cost Melissa Handke re-election? Its a possibility. Read More...
Let’s quit pretending District 20’s Attorney, Melissa Handke, made some noble, justified, legal decision, when she announced she shut the door on Drug Court referrals back on July 8th. This wasn’t oversight. This wasn’t reform. It was a goddamn toddler tantrum.
Handke didn’t simply tantrum in private… she weaponized her position to punish a community service non-profit for refusing to do her bidding.
The cost? Human lives. Community safety. Fiscal sanity.
All torched, in an effort to feed her own fragile ego and hunger for power.
What a Tangled Trial They Wove: Government Deception ExposedThe State's Credibility now in tatters: Government witnesses impeached in May trial.
Handke Vindictiveness Robs Vulnerable Oklahomans of Sobriety!
Handke Vindictiveness Robs Vulnerable Oklahomans of Sobriety!
In May of 2025, a Jury instruction in Oklahoma v. May highlighted credibility concerns regarding Appointed District 20 Attorney, Melissa Handke's testimony under oath. Her testimony implicated misconduct by former Ardmore Police officer Eric Grisham, and Former Ardmore PD Forfeiture Officer, Current Carter County Undersheriff, Phil Sheppard. Both of whom assisted Craig Ladd in his malicious prosecution scheme against May.
May was AQUITTED on all five counts!
The State's Credibility now in tatters: Government witnesses impeached in May trial.
District 20 Administration:
District 20 Administration:
Jacobi Whatley
Jacobi Whatley
FORMER
1st Assistant District 20 Attorney - Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Resource Prosecutor
Former Assistant District 4 Attorney - Canadian County until January 2023
Prosecuted (and lost) The Jason May Trial as a special prosecutor.
Fern L. Smith
Fern L. Smith
Assistant District 20 Attorney - TRANSFERRED from Johnston County, to Murray County.
2016 - Present
2025 - SCOTUS questions trial fairness after Smith & Geiger "sex shamed" defendant in death row case.
Buck Samson
Buck Samson
Assistant District 20 Attorney - Love County
Formerly a Democrat member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing District 49 from 2008 to 2010. He was defeated in the 2010 general election.
Brooklin Hobbs
Brooklin Hobbs
Juvenile Assistant
Alexis Benitez
Alexis Benitez
FORMER Legal Assistant District 21 District Attorney's Office.
Hired for Assistant District 20 Attorney position, but did not pass his July 2023 sitting for the Oklahoma Bar exam, renewed his Legal Assistant License in September of 2023.
Resigned or terminated
Now works as a LICENSED defense attorney for May & Associates.
James English
James English
Assistant District 20 Attorney - Murray County
Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1668106951 - 242188147
District 20 is NOT in Compliance
District 20 is NOT in Compliance
District Attorney, Craig Ladd, is NOT in compliance with:
District Attorney, Craig Ladd, is NOT in compliance with:
The nationwide, public-facing, Brady List;
Supreme Court of the united States [SCOTUS] Brady Doctrine (1963);
Open Government Act (2007) signed by President George Bush (No. 43);
Open Government Initiative (2009) signed by President Obama (No. 44); and,
Open Government Directives (2009) issued by the United States Department of Justice.
We emailed the request on Sept. 26th 2022
We emailed the request on Sept. 26th 2022
"Society wins not only when the guilty are convicted but when criminal trials are fair; our system of the administration of justice suffers when any accused is treated unfairly." - William O. Douglas, Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States
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