Read the Executive Brief here.

Mr. Howard was coerced to sign a plea agreement which resulted in a 110-year sentence in Oklahoma DOC.

This defendant did commit a crime but he did not kill anyone and did not cause serious bodily harm nor any significant property damage.

Mr. Howard, a black man approaching middle age, refused to testify against his co defendants who served no prison time whatsoever. 

Mr. Howard was promised a 35-year sentence by his counsel and the prosecution if he testified against his primary co defendant. 

The Oklahoma County district trial court (judge) sentenced LaRoy to 110-year sentence. That LaRoy would have to do his time and the sentence for his co defendants – and a lot more, is constitutionally cruel and unusual punishment. Mr. Howard’s uncaring and incompetent public defender agreed and coerced Mr. Howard into executing this absurd agreement, a stipulated plea which could produce up to and even exceed the 110 years handed down by the trial judge.

Mr. Howard did not commit a capital crime. He did assault an innocent person in the process of a carjacking and participated in a robbery with his co defendants. A 35-year sentence is the maximum allowed by the Oklahoma statutes for what Mr. Howard did. Yet he agreed to and executed a plea deal which ultimately resulted in the 110-year sentence.

NOBODY DOES THIS! Nobody agrees to a life sentence, really a death sentence through a plea deal unless the death penalty is a legitimate possibility. Of course, the death penalty was not a risk for Mr. Howard. Had he gone to trial, he would have been found guilty to a few counts because HE ADMITTED EVERYTHING HE DID. 

Mr. Howard NEVER denied his acts and his repentance, contrition and rehabilitation is undeniable. The young man who committed this crime is a changed man. Don’t believe us, verify his record.

This prisoner has now served 17 years in Oklahoma DOC. He presently resides in the Lexington, OK facility. His sentence should be 35 years and he accepts this. If his sentence is corrected to the legally accurate 35 years, he would be parole eligible in a few years.

THIS IS OUR PLEA TO ALL PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN JUSTICE NO MATTER HOW LATE IT IS SERVED. A 35 YEAR SENTENCE – AN EXECUTIVE OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY DECISION TO RIGHT THIS WRONG. A TRIAL COURT’S AGREEMENT AND APPROVAL.

Please show your support to help us correct this horrible sentence, by signing this petition. If you would like to investigate Mr. Howard’s case more deeply, please respond through our website: https://qnav-llc.com/

Thank you on behalf of our friend and client, LaRoy, his wife Rebecca and children.