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This season on Panic Button: Can money buy you a murder conviction? Could April have been an intelligent woman who also made extremely complicated choices that put her life in danger? Could April have been a traumatized abuse victim and mental patient and still have been smart enough to plot a premeditated murder? Can we look at the mistakes of our past and reckon with the injustices of a sexist, cruel justice system? Has our understanding of domestic violence changed enough to accept that 22 years is long enough to serve on a crime for which you were simply defending yourself? When power and ...

Oklahoma Attorneys Colleen McCarty and Leslie Briggs dig deep into Oklahoma’s criminal legal system, telling true stories you won’t believe—and exposing the legal realities of a system that sends more people to prison than almost anywhere in the world. This so called “victim centered system” often leaves victims of violence to fend for themselves, then punishes them when they do just that.

After overcoming homelessness and narrowly escaping marrying into a crime family, I utilized my newly found sapce I could call my own -my shed- as a space for people in my life to come together and share anything and everything in a home geared torward growth and inner mental healing. The many visitors of the space time and time again encouraged me to puplish the conversations held within the 4 small walls and after several years I finally obliged- thus SHEd Talks Live was born.I have begun the series with a few episodes dedicated to the rabbit holes I went down after my co-host convinced me ...