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Double jeopardy threatens David Harold Earls case

SONYA COLBERG | Modified: September 9, 2009 at 8:28 am | Published: September 9, 2009

McALESTER — The embattled Pittsburg County district attorney and legal experts say child rapist David Harold Earls probably won’t be tried for new sex crimes. But Attorney General Drew Edmondson said there’s no problem.

photo - This April 5, 2003 photo obtained from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows David Harold Earls. Two state lawmakers are questioning a plea agreement that will allow Earls to serve only one year in jail on a conviction for raping a 4-year-old girl. Nineteen of the 20 years of a sentence against 64-year-old Earls were suspended as part of a plea agreement reached May 13, 2009 with Pittsburg County prosecutors. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections)

This April 5, 2003 photo obtained from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows David Harold Earls. Two state lawmakers are questioning a plea agreement that will allow Earls to serve only one year in jail on a conviction for raping a 4-year-old girl. Nineteen of the 20 years of a sentence against 64-year-old Earls were suspended as part of a plea agreement reached May 13, 2009 with Pittsburg County prosecutors. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections)

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The alleged victims in the new case are the same as those from the previous case. And the alleged lewd and indecent acts the attorney general wants Earls to go to trial for occurred in...
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