Oklahoma Frees 462 Inmates in Largest Single Day Commutation to Give Offenders a Second Chance
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 4, 2019, Oklahoma – the state with the second highest incarceration rate in the United States – freed 462 inmates from prison through commuted sentences under House Bill 1269 (HB 1269), the largest such action in state and national history, “giving hundreds of non-violent, low-level…