Domestic Violence

Despite what department advocates say, research suggests that short-staffed police forces pose a higher risk of officer misconduct.

Enacted in late 2024, the law allows domestic violence survivors to seek reduced sentences if abuse was a “substantial contributing factor” in the crime they committed against the perpetrator.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A recent state law meant to provide some abuse victims sentencing relief in criminal cases may need tweaking, two of the measure’s authors said.

April Wilkens will remain in prison after Tulsa County District Judge David Guten on Thursday denied her request to be resentenced under the Oklahoma Survivors' Act.

For the first time since the Oklahoma Survivor’s Act went into effect nearly a year ago, a resentencing hearing was held Tuesday in Tulsa County District Court.

A state board supports repealing a requirement that warning letters be sent to people accused of stalking, but the author of the law says he’s proposed new legislation to fix issues with it.

Oklahoma averaged 115 domestic violence homicide victims annually between 2019 and 2023, up from an average of 90 between 2014 and 2018.

An Oklahoma non-profit reports a lack of resources in the state for people seeking divorce. That could be especially dangerous for those in abusive marriages.

The only statewide organization that supports Oklahoma abuse victims is in jeopardy after federal auditors determined former staff and board members misspent more than $500,000 in public money.

As our guest notes in an award-winning article that she wrote for Mother Jones Magazine: "Failure-to-protect laws are incarcerating women all over the country -- for other people's violence."