Mom of 4 Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison Over $31 Marijuana Sale

Tulsa World
Dec. 28, 2011

TAFT - Wearing prison-issue yellow clothes, Patricia Spottedcrow reflects on her first year in prison through the lens of tears and determination.

One year ago, on the week of Christmas, the first-time offender was checked into the Eddie Warrior women's prison - the first holiday away from her four young children.

"I cried and cried just thinking of my kids opening presents on Christmas and I wasn't there," she said. "This year, it's going to be any other day. I try not to keep up with days in here."

[...]Spottedcrow, 26, was arrested and charged for selling $31 in marijuana to a police informant in December 2009 and January 2010. Starr, 51, was also charged.

Because children were in the home, a charge of possession of a dangerous substance in the presence of a minor was added.

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Here's another video on the incident, it includes an interview with the judge who sentenced her, who evidently is extremely proud of herself, saying she thinks the sentence was wonderful. - Chris, InfoLib