Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice

Panic Button

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Oklahoma Attorneys Colleen McCarty and Leslie Briggs dig deep into Oklahoma’s criminal legal system, telling true stories you won’t believe—and exposing the legal realities of a system that sends more people to prison than almost anywhere in the world. This so called “victim centered system” often leaves victims of violence to fend for themselves, then punishes them when they do just that.

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Episodes

S1:E2 Small Town Girl Living in a Violent World 05.07.2022 36:53

In this episode we go back in time to 1980's Kellyville, Oklahoma where April grew up. Then we follow her to the car lot where she met Terry. We will hear the tape that April recorded of a fight between she and Terry after their trip to Italy. On the trip he beat her threatened to and throw her out of their hotel room naked, only to be caught by one of his fellow travelers on the trip. We are tryi...

S1:E1 The Shooting 28.06.2022 33:50

Terry Carlton is found shot dead in his basement in Tulsa, Oklahoma. When the police arrive, his long-time on-again-off-again fiance, April Wilkens, answers the door. "I shot him, he's in the basement," she says. But this wasn't exactly an open and shut case. Terry had raped April mere hours before the shooting. It was while he was violating her that he said he was going to kill her and twisted he...

You’ll Get to Hear What the Jury Couldn’t 24.06.2022 1:31

We’re telling the story of April and Terry’s relationship, the murder, the mistakes at trial, and we’re covering the evidence the jury never got to hear. This season on Panic Button.

Listen to Panic Button 23.06.2022 1:00

A short ad for our new true-crime-advocacy podcast, Panic Button: The April Wilkens Case. Listen along as we tell April’s story, uncover evidence never heard at trial, and try to bring April home after 25 years in prison.

Panic Button: Season 1 Behind the Scenes Promo 20.06.2022 4:18

Attorneys Leslie Briggs and Colleen McCarty discuss what to expect on this season of Panic Button.