Terrill Trial Continues, Witnesses Say Job Put In Legislation
Witness says Terrill put state job into legislation in Oklahoma political bribery trial
By Nolan Clay
A former state Senate bill writer on Thursday identified former state Rep. Randy Terrill as the legislator who had a new state job put into a 2010 reform bill.
“He gave me very specific information on what to add about this new job at the chief medical examiner’s office,” Jennifer Lepard told jurors at Terrill’s political bribery trial.
Terrill, a Republican, is accused of offering then-Sen. Debbe Leftwich an $80,000-a-year job at the medical examiner’s office to not run for re-election in 2010. Leftwich is a Democrat. Terrill denies wrongdoing.
Lepard was the 12th prosecution witness to testify in the trial, which began Monday. Prosecutors plan to rest their case Friday.