{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fa5c2317c-9635-4a6c-9d52-e51d98d8c109","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Update","description":"Leslie and Colleen give a short update on April's case, the efforts in Oklahoma to bring justice to survivors, and the activities happening in Oklahoma next week to support HB 1639, a bill that will help people who were victims of domestic violence at the time of their crime get sentencing relief.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n______\nTRANSCRIPTION\nSPEAKERS\nColleen McCarty, Leslie Briggs\n\u00a0\nLeslie Briggs\u00a0 00:17\nHey, Colleen.\n\u00a0\nColleen McCarty\u00a0 00:18\nHey Leslie,\n\u00a0\nLeslie Briggs\u00a0 00:19\nwelcome back to the studio.\n\u00a0\nColleen McCarty\u00a0 00:21\nI'm so glad to be back here. Bison & Bean with you.\n\u00a0\nLeslie Briggs\u00a0 00:25\nIt's been too long.\n\u00a0\nColleen McCarty\u00a0 00:26\nIt's been a wild ride,\n\u00a0\nLeslie Briggs\u00a0 00:28\nguys, we have updates.\n\u00a0\nColleen McCarty\u00a0 00:30\nWe have so many updates. We never sleep. So\n\u00a0\nLeslie Briggs\u00a0 00:34\nwe do not sleep. It's gnarly. I'm so tired.\n\u00a0\nColleen McCarty\u00a0 00:38\nWe don't wish this on you. But we're happy to give you all the updates and all the work we've been doing for the last six months since we wrapped our last episode of panic button. The April Wilkins case. Yeah. What's been happening?\n\u00a0\nLeslie Briggs\u00a0 00:51\nWell, I came to work for you. Oh, that's\n\u00a0\nColleen McCarty\u00a0 00:53\nright. Pretty sweet. That\n\u00a0\nLeslie Briggs\u00a0 00:56\nhappened a little while ago. So yeah, I'm the new legal director at OK Appleseed, the nonprofit that puts on the panic button podcast. What do you do at Oklahoma Appleseed, Lesley. Well, I try to execute your vision. protect the rights of every Oklahoman. We're doing a lot of cool stuff. Really.\n\u00a0\nColleen McCarty\u00a0 01:14\nOh my gosh, I know every day I wake up and I'm like, I can't believe I get to do this for a job. And\n\u00a0\nLeslie Briggs\u00a0 01:19\nme too. I love it so much. Yeah, chaotic, and awesome. Just like us just like just a good time, dude,\n\u00a0\nColleen McCarty\u00a0 01:28\nseriously, we strive for a good time. And seeking justice at the same time. Right. And so in service of seeking justice, we we did this big story about April's case that all of you have heard and I hope it has lit a fire under you because it lit a fire under us. And in service of seeking justice for her. We wrote what's called a post conviction relief application. And I'm going to let Leslie talk to you about what that means and and how we're trying to help her get out of prison.\n\u00a0\nLeslie Briggs\u00a0 01:57\nYeah, we actually wound up doing that throughout the fall before I came on full time with OK Appleseed. And it's based on new evidence that we uncovered. And we believe that evidence warrants a new trial, or a vacation or sentence, or modification to time served. And that's what we've asked the court to do. We were we lost at the district court, you can go and read all of the pleadings online if you're a legal nerd, or you just want to know more about what the evidence was that we found, but it's currently on appeal. We appealed that district court decision to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals. And if we lose there, we're going to take it all the way to the top.\n\u00a0\nColleen McCarty\u00a0 02:39\nHow long does it usually take to hear back from the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals?\n\u00a0\nLeslie Briggs\u00a0 02:43\nOh, I mean, I don't know what the what an average time is, but probably several months, I imagine will be on appeal through the summer at least. And then maybe have a decision at the end of the summer.\n\u00a0\nColleen McCarty\u00a0 02:55\nHave you talked to April about how she's feeling about all of this?\n\u00a0\nLeslie Briggs\u00a0 02:59\nI think April, I mean, April has been through every possible legal hurdle, multiple times. I mean, she has this is her third post conviction relief application. And she's been through the appellate process before so April kind of knows how to temper expectations and just see what happens more than anything, though. I think April is extremely motivated and excited about the other work we've been doing, which I'm hoping you'll ever give everyone an update about which is our legislative push to change the system.\n\u00a0\nColleen McCarty\u00a0 03:32\nY","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4e1adfac-df8a-48cd-90a0-a0e2cf5825e8/panic-button-podcast-logo-1-nhzj38.png"}