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[File Photo]OKLAHOMA CITY -
The
Oklahoma County District Attorney is blasting the Pardon and Parole Board
for reportedly holding secret meetings and considering early release for
certain inmates.
Patricia Spottedcrow is one of the 51 inmates listed
in the letter the DA sent to the board's executive director and that the DA
says was given early release consideration during these alleged secret, illegal
meetings.
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Laura Deskin, Spottedcrow's attorney, feels her
client's case should not be one of the cases affected by Prater's
inquiry. She says everything about Spottedcrow's case has been handled
above board and out in the open.
Spottedcrow was arrested in 2009 for selling a $31 bag
of pot to a police informant in front of her children. She entered a blind
plea and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Her case prompted cries for
sentencing reform after it was publicized that she received such a harsh
sentence for a non-violent offense.
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A judge later reduced her sentence to eight years, four
of which were to be suspended. Then in April, the Board unanimously approved
her for early release. The Governor signed off on it last month.
