Kunzweiler clarifies Survivors’ Act views after legal form surfaces

The Tulsa County District Attorney has clarified his stance on the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act after an advocacy group circulated a court form for the new law. Passed this year, the Survivors’ Act allows victims of domestic violence charged with crimes to request their sentences be lowered if they can prove abuse contributed to their offenses. The law may be used in trials or retroactively for survivors serving their sentences.

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