OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — A woman found guilty of manslaughter in 2022 is requesting to apply for resentencing under the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act.
Tyesha Long claims she is a domestic violence survivor, adding that it led to her shooting and killing a 55-year-old man at a Bricktown hotel in 2020 when she was 21 years old.
Long’s attorney Colleen McCarty with the Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law & Justice says if it gets approved, she could spend just 10 more years in prison for what happened at the Hilton. That’s a big difference, considering Long was initially sentenced to 27 years…