Part Three of our series: The ripple effect of Danyelle Dyer’s case is still being felt across Oklahoma as state legislators vow to amend the sex offender law during the next session.
“The bottom line for us: All we wanted was the statute of limitations to be raised to age 45. There were a couple of men who wanted us just to go away. My problem is, if it’s fight or flight – I’m a fighter.” — Rep. Carol Bush, R-Tulsa.
Our investigation documents how the pleas of women and men who have been sexually assaulted have fallen on deaf ears from the state Capitol all the way to the White House.
The Frontier conducted more than 70 interviews to put the state’s undeclared rape crisis in perspective. The never-revealed stories of rape and sexual assault translate into hundreds of thousands of victims across the country each year.
Joshua Barre, 29, was shot and killed June 9 during an encounter with two Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office deputies and one Tulsa Police Officer during a mental health call.
Read our coverage on deaths at David L. Moss and federal lawsuits against the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office stemming from incidents that allegedly happened at the jail.
