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Oklahomans Outraged Over Ersland Conviction Residents Ask Gov. Mary Fallin To Pardon Jerome Ersland POSTED: 5:51 pm CDT May 27, 2011 UPDATED: 6:07 pm CDT May 27, 2011 OKLAHOMA CITY -- Some Oklahomans are outraged over the conviction of pharmacist Jerome Ersland, and they are turning to social media to voice their opinions. A jury found Ersland guilty of murder in connection with the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Antwun Parker, sparking a backlash of citizens outraged with the verdict. Dozens of calls have been made to Gov. Mary Fallin's office along with messages posted on the governor's Facebook wall, asking...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The mother of a teenage boy arrested in connection with an attempted pharmacy robbery that left another teenager dead said the robbery was not her son's idea. Natasha Spigner said she knew her son, Jevontia Ingram, 14, was the teenager shown on the surveillance video at Reliable Pharmacy the moment that she saw it. "My son made a mistake, and he is learning from this mistake," she said. -- She said she knew about her oldest son's involvement but didn't tell police. "He wanted to go downtown, but me, being a parent, I had to protect him,"...