A report obtained by The Frontier shows the desires of the state’s district attorneys on a criminal justice reform package would likely do little to stem Oklahoma’s swelling prison population.
Randa Ludlow, 19, was ordered to be freed immediately from the Washington County jail after the Supreme Court voided the contempt order of District Judge Curtis DeLapp and granted Ludlow’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
Though jurors who acquitted Shelby in Crutcher’s death said they did not believe she should return to patrol work, the Rogers County Sheriff said he had no issues with Shelby returning to full-time duty.
The ripple effect of the #MeToo movement is being felt across Oklahoma with a spike in sexual assault survivors seeking resources.
Washington County District Judge Curtis DeLapp said the woman was combative during a court hearing for her boyfriend and continued to be disruptive outside the courtroom, and even after he told her to leave the courthouse.
Records show the same judge ordered a woman held on $50,000 bond for leaving sunflower seeds on the courtroom floor, a bond twice as high as he previously gave to a man charged with second-degree rape.
Domestic violence incidents are often filed as misdemeanors — if they’re ever reported to police in the first place. That fact belies the severity of the violence.
“Every human, by virtue of just being human, is entitled to a dignified life. That, my friends, is a moral imperative,” Jorge Roman-Romero said.