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She Got 27 Years for Killing Her Abuser. Judge Rules Oklahoma’s Survivors Act Won’t Free Her.

No one disputes that Tyesha Long shot and killed her ex-boyfriend nearly five years ago.  But after spending almost three years in prison for manslaughter, Long’s hope to walk free under a new Oklahoma law meant to give domestic violence survivors a second chance, have been stumped. Long, 26, asked Oklahoma County District Judge Susan […]

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