The Jails Were Not Made To Be Mental Hospitals

Russell Ables is by no means the only person in Oklahoma being treated this way. This weekend I spoke with other families who share a similar injustice. All of it is happening because 20 years ago the state politicians bought the line that we don't need residential mental health facilities anymore.

August 28, 2017 at 08:26AM, from
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The Norman Pipe Shop Acquittal

  The Cleveland County District Attorney’s office has a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the agencies in the county who do asset forfeiture regarding the division of assets seized. The division is generally; for values over $500 the DA’s office gets 35% while the agency gets 65%; for values under $500 the DA’s office gets 100%. These MOU’s are requestable under the Freedom of Information act and/or the Open Records Act.

  These Not Guilty verdicts have many implications for Oklahoma in many different aspects.

  The biggest implication is the Jury determined the government telling you how they believed someone would utilize an item you sell does not constitute you knowing an item will be used for a particular purpose, nor does it mean that you have to agree or believe that is how the item will be used.

  This has many broad implications. Let’s just look at gun control. It is illegal to sell a gun knowing that individual you are selling it to is buying it for the purpose of committing another crime. That is a legitimate law, but there are many people who believe guns are only used to kill and commit crimes. They don’t believe there is any legitimate purpose for an honest citizen to own or purchase a gun.