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Guest: I am one of many incarcerated Oklahoma domestic abuse victims

To this day, in almost every state including Oklahoma, it is unusual for courts to consider the abuse a survivor has suffered in sentencing.

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Guest: I am one of many incarcerated Oklahoma domestic abuse victims

Guest: I am one of many incarcerated Oklahoma domestic abuse victims
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WILKENS: America Shouldn t Punish Women For Defending Themselves And Their Children

There is strong bipartisan support for legislation protecting abuse survivors because rigid and extreme sentencing laws have devastated many women.

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I killed to survive domestic violence Why am I in prison?

In almost every state in the U.S., it is unusual for courts to consider the abuse a survivor has suffered in sentencing. That has to change.

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The Prison Letters Project: Considering Past Trauma

The case of Ivié DeMolina, convicted for her part in two murders, raises difficult questions about appropriate punishments for serious crimes.

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