Patricia Spottedcrow released from prison

OKLAHOMA CITY — After a two-year incarceration, the Oklahoma mother who has become the face of unfair sentencing laws in Oklahoma has been released from prison. Patricia Spottedcrow, 26, walked out of Hillside Correctional Center about 8 a.m. Thursday. Spottedcrow was first convicted in 2010 on a felony charge for selling $30 of marijuana to a police informant in Kingfisher. Spottedcrow was initially sentenced to 12 years in prison for that one felony, her first felony conviction. Since her incarceration, thousands of supporters around the world have spoken out about unfair sentencing laws in Oklahoma. In 2011, another judge in Kingfisher County reduced Spottedcrow’s sentence from 12 years to eight years. About six months ago, the Oklahoma State Pardon and Parole board granted parole for Spottedcrow. Gov. Mary Fallin agreed to sign off of the parole, on the condition that Spottedcrow spend 120 days at a community corrections facility. Spottedcrow’s mom, Dee Starr, was charged in connection with that same $30 drug deal and she is currently serving probation on her 30 year sentence. “We’ve got a new road to travel and we’re gonna travel it together,” Starr said. Spottedcrow left Hillside Correctional Center in Oklahoma City and drove straight home to Kingfisher to be re-united with her four young children. Starr said the kids had perfect attendance in school and so Spottedcrow would see them when they got off the bus Thursday afternoon. More at kfor.com