Quinton Chandler
Quinton Chandler worked at StateImpact Oklahoma from January 2018 to August 2021, focusing on criminal justice reporting.
He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University with degrees in Economics and Marketing. Chandler was a student reporter at KOSU, and later a host and reporter at KBBI Radio in Homer, Alaska and education reporter at KTOO Public Media in Juneau, Alaska.
Quinton loves writing, reading and has an intense relationship with his Netflix account.
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KOSU, StateImpact Oklahoma and Focus: Black Oklahoma won 18 awards from the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, Professional Chapter for stories that aired during 2021. -
KOSU and StateImpact Oklahoma won 29 awards from the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists, Professional Chapter for stories that aired during 2020.
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People who are personally affected when justice is denied will never think about the state's courts and law enforcement in the same way. Wrongful convictions can do long-lasting harm and change how individual Oklahomans view the criminal justice system.
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An architectural-engineering firm plans to propose fixes to long-standing problems inside the Oklahoma County Jail. The Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Advisory Council hopes the consultants' recommendations will help paint a picture of what the jail could be in the future.
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The number of sexual assault kits waiting to be tested by DNA analysts is growing in Oklahoma because of a requirement for police to send kits in for testing.
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The Oklahoma County Detention Center will lose its state certification to detain minors on Friday after health department inspections found the jail didn’t meet state standards.
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The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted Monday to give death row prisoner Julius Jones a longer second stage commutation hearing to better understand the details of his case.
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Some Oklahoma lawmakers who have doubts about the convictions of two death row prisoners want another layer of scrutiny in death penalty cases. StateImpact's Quinton Chandler reports on the debate around hiring investigators to vet convictions one more time before prisoners are executed.
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Five men detained in the Oklahoma County Jail face charges of first and second degree murder as well as assault for their part in a March hostage takeover that ended when Oklahoma City police shot and killed their fellow detainee, Curtis Williams.
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Thirty-four Oklahoma lawmakers are asking Governor Kevin Stitt and the Pardon and Parole Board to begin an independent investigation into a death row prisoner’s first-degree murder conviction. The legislators believe evidence points to Richard Glossip’s innocence.
