domestic violence

After a similar bill stalled in the legislature last year, a bill that seeks to provide sentencing reform for victims of domestic violence is one step closer to becoming law.

At the midpoint of this year’s legislative session, Oklahoma legislators advanced a bill that would introduce sentencing reform to criminalized survivors of domestic abuse. Hannah France spoke with Oklahoma Appleseed attorney Leslie Briggs about the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act.

As criminal justice reform for criminalized survivors of domestic violence is gaining traction in Oklahoma, some advocates are working to make sure potential reforms are applied to those already incarcerated.

Oklahoma's Attorney General Gentner Drummond has pledged to improve his office's relationship with tribal nations in Oklahoma. This comes after nearly three years of tension between tribes and Gov. Kevin Stitt's administration over the McGirt v. Oklahoma Supreme Court decision and gaming compacts.

Native communities are celebrating President Biden’s signing of an update to to the Violence Against Women Act.

“Could we have helped?” That’s what Leslie Clingenpeel asked herself when she heard Phillip Ross of Sand Springs killed his girlfriend and their two…

The novel coronavirus is a germy wrench stuck in the gears of domestic violence advocacy programs across the state.Measures taken to escape Covid-19 have…

A bill that would add four domestic violence offenses to the state’s list of violent crimes is headed for Gov. Kevin Stitt’s desk, and indications are he…

On a June night last year, an argument broke out at an Atoka County home.A woman’s teenage daughter was playing loud music, and her husband asked her to…

A federal grant of more than $1.3 million has been awarded to Oklahoma to support domestic violence victims in the state and the organizations that…