In nonviolent drug cases, life without parole too costly
State Sen. Connie Johnson, D- Oklahoma City , thinks Larry Yarbrough should be free. Yarbrough, a model prisoner, is in his 17th year of a life-without-parole sentence for a nonviolent drug crime. On Wednesday, Johnson successfully spoke on behalf of Yarbrough at an Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board hearing where the board commuted Yarbrough's drug trafficking sentence to 42 years. Now if Gov. Mary Fallin signs off,...
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