OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) — Three Oklahoma domestic violence survivors are asking a judge to find them eligible under a new state law, and hopefully get them out of prison.
“I am filing a motion for re-sentencing in a criminal case,” said Emily Turner, an attorney for The Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice.
On Tuesday, Turner applied for resentencing under the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act for Carla Enloe.
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For twenty years, the 57-year-old has been serving a 40-year sentence at Mable Bassett Corrections Center.
“Hopefully we’ll have that sentence reduced to 20 years and she will be out very soon,” said Turner.
In January 2004, Enloe obtained a permanent protective order against her ex, James Martin.
“He decided it wasn’t over and he continued to stalk, harass her,” said Tuner.
Attorneys said the VPO didn’t help. Instead, he broke into her home and vandalized it, while terrorizing her in various ways. Court documents show “he moved next door to her, slashed her car tires, tampered with her vehicle, and left several ropes to into nooses hanging in her garage.”