In Oklahoma Patricia Spottedcrow was arrested after selling $31.00 worth of Marijuana to an undercover cop. Once she was sentenced the judge gave her a hard time and slapped her with a 12 year sentence. Her case received national attention for harsh treatment of first-time offenders and its status as the top jailer of women in the U.S. After serving 2.5 years Ms. Spottedcrow was released to her family.
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Her children were in the home at the time, leading to a charge of possession in the presence of a minor.
Her mom, Delita Starr, was also there. She was given a 30-year suspended prison sentence, the World reported.
Advocates for Spottedcrow’s case attacked Oklahoma’s strict prison sentences for first-time drug offenders and argued that the state’s status as the nation’s top jailer of women was destroying families and communities, the World reported.
