MetroCreative editor s pick topical featured Vast majority of rape allegations never prosecuted
By Ashlynd Huffman
CNHI News Oklahoma Dec 5, 2020
Dec 5, 2020
Fewer than 5% of adult rape allegations have been prosecuted in Payne County between 2017-2019. MetroCreative
EDITORâS NOTE: This is the first part of an ongoing series by the News Press.
Fewer than 5% of adult rape allegations have been prosecuted in Payne County between 2017-2019.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations received 194 reports of rape in Payne County between 2017-2019. Of those 194 cases, only eight adult cases have been fully prosecuted.
Four were charged as rape, three were charged as sexual battery and one was charged as forcible oral sodomy.