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A bill authored by Rep. Steve Bashore (R-Miami) that would add accessory to murder in the first or second degree to the list of crimes requiring an offender to serve 85 percent of their prison sentence before being eligible for parole.

Lorene Bible has been fighting for over 23 years for justice for the killings of her daughter, Lauria Bible, and her daughter's best friend, Ashley Freeman.

Oklahoma lawmakers have passed legislation that would add accessory to first- and second-degree murder to the list of crimes for which an offender must serve at least 85% of the

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Lauria and Ashley’s Law is making strides in its legal journey as it is passed the House floor on Wednesday. Rep. Steve Bashore, R-Miami, took to the floor to answer questions about HB 2946 which would require felons serving an accessory to murder in the first or second-degree sentence to serve […]

(KOAM) - On February 21, 2024, the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Bill 2946, known as Lauria and Ashleys Law, which adds accessory to murder in both the first

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Steve Bashore, R-Miami, earned passage of a bill that would add accessory to murder in the first or second degree to the list of crimes that

MIAMI, Okla. — An Oklahoma lawmaker remains confident that a bill he filed in reaction to the release a year ago of the lone perpetrator convicted of a crime in

State Representative Steve Bashore proposed a bill to close a legal loophole for criminals.

Since 1999, relatives of Laurie Bible and Ashley Freeman, known as the "Welch girls," have been trying to find the bodies of the murdered girls.

The victims families reportedly asked for legislative intervention "when they realized the person guilty of accessory to murder was to be released after serving so little time in prison."