An Oklahoma teenager who entered a no-contest plea to charges of raping and strangling two teenage girls has walked free without spending a single day in prison.
Jesse Mack Butler, now 19, saw his case formally dismissed on Monday, 3 August 2026, one day before his 19th birthday, after a Payne County judge ruled he had completed every requirement of his youthful offender supervision. The outcome has drawn condemnation from the county's newly elected district attorney and sparked protests outside the courthouse. It marks the end of a case that once carried the possibility of decades behind bars.
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