The plea deal allowed Amason to avoid jail time, reduced the number of charges against him, and required him to pay $10,000 in restitution to a charity of his choice.
Three of those counts alleged Amason misspent up to $15,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses.
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They say Amason chose Norman Bible Church as his charity.
The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page makes clear Amason has a relationship with the church.
Posts show Amason regularly hosted church leaders to preach to inmates at the Cleveland County Jail as part of a prison ministry program—as recently as last week.
In December, the Norman Transcript reported Amason was “working alongside” the church to “replicate” and “market” the prison ministry program “to other detention centers across the state.”
All of the sheriffs in this state think they are above the law.
Oklahoma has two categories of human beings: white heterosexual middle class Christian cis men (maybe “Native” ie rich because my family lied their way onto the Rolls) and not-people. As a not-person, I can’t wait to get the fuck out.