Oklahoma judge who spared child rapist prison seeks new term
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April 13, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge who approved probation for a man who admitted raping a 13-year-old Texas girl at a church camp is seeking four more years on the bench.
Marshall County District Judge Wallace Coppedge filed to run Wednesday, The Oklahoman reported.
Coppedge has been sharply criticized for accepting the plea deal for Benjamin Petty, 37. The prosecutor, David Pyle, who negotiated the deal and resigned in February, said his decision to allow probation was in part due to Petty being legally blind.
Petty was sentenced in January to 15 years' probation after pleading guilty to...
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