What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Oklahoma.
4 Year ago when I was 19, me and a friend were off scrapping metal, we went to an area where we probably should not have went, and he started trying to get a copper wire, and got electrocuted as result. At the hospital he was announced dead. Two weeks later, I am going to jail for Muder in the First Degree. After a few court dates it was amended to Second Degree Murder. I fought that case for 7 months, with court appointed attorneys who where telling me 4 years in prison for Second Degree Manslaughter was the best I could hope for. I refused, as I had no action in my friends death. I kept telling my lawyer that I would take no plea. During this, I was charged in contempt of court. Why? Because they wanted to use me as an example, even though a sheriff tried to tell them I was causing no disturbance. After a few more months, the murder charge was amended again, this time to theft of copper. I had been in jail for going on 10 months (having never been in any real trouble) my dad passed away from cancer, and I took a plea bargain less than 2 weeks later in order to get out and gt back to my family. Ever since it has been very difficult in finding a job, when my record is looked at, it still shows I faced murder charges, though it does say it was amaended. Also while I was fighting the case, the county charged me with "attempting to escape from a penile institution" for a small chip off the wall. I mean small. about quarter sized, and maybe 1/2 deep. I feel that I was justly wronged, I have lost friends, family, and many life opportunities because I faced charges that really did not hold any merit. I understantd if two felons are committing a serious violent crime or burglary that if one dies the other may be charged with murder, but me and my friend were way in the middle of the woods, with no violent activities. Can someone please explain what I am missing? I feel like I am entiteled for some type of compensation. (I also have over 10,000$ in fines over sitting in jail for that long and all the court dates.)
4 Year ago when I was 19, me and a friend were off scrapping metal, we went to an area where we probably should not have went, and he started trying to get a copper wire, and got electrocuted as result. At the hospital he was announced dead. Two weeks later, I am going to jail for Muder in the First Degree. After a few court dates it was amended to Second Degree Murder. I fought that case for 7 months, with court appointed attorneys who where telling me 4 years in prison for Second Degree Manslaughter was the best I could hope for. I refused, as I had no action in my friends death. I kept telling my lawyer that I would take no plea. During this, I was charged in contempt of court. Why? Because they wanted to use me as an example, even though a sheriff tried to tell them I was causing no disturbance. After a few more months, the murder charge was amended again, this time to theft of copper. I had been in jail for going on 10 months (having never been in any real trouble) my dad passed away from cancer, and I took a plea bargain less than 2 weeks later in order to get out and gt back to my family. Ever since it has been very difficult in finding a job, when my record is looked at, it still shows I faced murder charges, though it does say it was amaended. Also while I was fighting the case, the county charged me with "attempting to escape from a penile institution" for a small chip off the wall. I mean small. about quarter sized, and maybe 1/2 deep. I feel that I was justly wronged, I have lost friends, family, and many life opportunities because I faced charges that really did not hold any merit. I understantd if two felons are committing a serious violent crime or burglary that if one dies the other may be charged with murder, but me and my friend were way in the middle of the woods, with no violent activities. Can someone please explain what I am missing? I feel like I am entiteled for some type of compensation. (I also have over 10,000$ in fines over sitting in jail for that long and all the court dates.)
