Parsons & Day

This evening we received a call from a family member that the owner of 11 dogs had been incarcerated & the dogs hadn't eaten in a week plus were without shelter out in the country. OAA volunteers Trish & Ashleigh... facebook.com/100318321767/p…

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill eliminating bail for suspects awaiting trial. Starting in October 2019, people arrested for nonviolent misdemeanors will be released within 12 hours of being booked. More at @ap: apnews.com/02cd9e0b507244…

Though juvenile curfew laws have existed for more than 100 years, their use soared in the mid 1990s at the urging of the Clinton administration. Studies show that despite their ubiquity, juvenile curfew laws are ineffective. themarshallproject.org/2018/07/31/the…

What happens when a jury rejects charges against someone, but a judge chooses to sentence that person based on those charges anyway? themarshallproject.org/2018/07/23/pun…

Temperatures in parts of Texas may hit 109°F today. There are approximately 150,000 people in Texas prisons. Four in five have no access to air conditioning in their cells — and that can be a death sentence. themarshallproject.org/2017/10/11/coo…

Oklahoma's incarceration rate from 1980 to present has increased by 585%. The crime rate from 1980 to 2016 (most recently reported by OSBI) increased by 5% (violent crimes). Why the disparity? One reason the rate of incarceration has exploded is because of the 85% crimes.

JUST IN: US Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of Brendan Dassey, whose murder conviction was the subject of 'Making a Murderer', a popular Netflix series. nbcnews.to/2lwTWAg - @PeteWilliamsNBC

#SCOTUS holds 5-4 that police need a warrant to get location information from cellphone tower sites

#SCOTUS rules that states can charge out-of-state retailers sales tax, at least in some circumstances, even if they don’t have a store or warehouse in the state, clearing the way to allow sales taxes on internet purchases.

After wrongly serving 26 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Johnny Tall Bear of the Iowa Tribe is free. innocenceproject.org/oklahoma-man-e…

Another strike against the legacy of former Oklahoma County District Attorney Bob Macy and forensic analyst Joyce Gilchrist. Both are dead, but the innocent people they put away are slowing being exonerated. innocenceproject.org/oklahoma-man-e…

.@planteink cartoon: We’re Number One! (click link for full image) ow.ly/nx1Y30kplNH

In second opinion today, #SCOTUS rules that a defendant who pleads guilty in a plea deal can benefit from later changes in the sentencing guidelines so long as the district court relied on the guideline range in imposing the sentence or accepting the agreement

#SCOTUS holds police can't search a vehicle on private property next to a house without a warrant.

Proud to announce that Matt Day has been nominated again as a Super Lawyers Rising Star. #Tulsa #Attorney

Today we had a Robbery case dismissed at Preliminary Hearing. #Tulsa #Attorney #CriminalDefense

Proud to announce that Isaiah Parsons has been nominated as a Super Lawyers Rising Star. #Tulsa #Attorney

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Yesterday at trial, we had our client’s case dismissed. There were other co-defendants, but our client is the only one with the Larceny of Merchandise dismissed. #Attorney #Tulsa #CriminalDefense