Outrage after Oklahoma teenager avoids 78 year prison sentence and walks free despite being found guilty of rape
On Monday, December 8, protesters gathered outside a courthouse in Payne County, Oklahoma, voicing their anger and frustration over a controversial sentence handed down to 18-year-old Jesse Mack Butler. Butler, a former high school baseball player from Stillwater, was convicted of sexually assaulting two teenage girls. The sentence, which allowed Butler to avoid prison time,…