State District Attorneys say ‘NO’ to SQ 805
State Question 805 seeks to change the Oklahoma Constitution to prohibit the use of prior criminal convictions to increase the range of punishment for repeat offenders. This prohibition against sentence enhancements applies to ALL felonies, except the 52 “violent crimes” as defined on Jan. 1, 2020. By enshrining SQ 805 in the Constitution, these prohibitions can only be changed with a subsequent…