Oklahoma Judge Who Spared Child Rapist Prison Seeks New Term

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge who approved probation for a man who admitted raping a 13-year-old Texas girl at a church camp is seeking four more years on the bench.
The Oklahoman reports that Marshall County District Judge Wallace Coppedge filed to run Wednesday.
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Coppedge has been sharply criticized for accepting the plea deal for 37-year-old Benjamin Petty. The prosecutor who negotiated the deal said his decision to allow probation was in part du