American convicted rapist and former police officer
Daniel Holtzclaw
Born
Daniel Ken Holtzclaw
(1986-12-10) December 10, 1986 (age 37)
Guam
Nationality
American
Education
Eastern Michigan University
Occupation
Former Oklahoma City Police Department patrol officer
Conviction(s)
First-degree rape (4 counts)
Second-degree rape
Sexual battery (6 counts)
Forcible oral sodomy (4 counts)
Procuring lewd exhibition (3 counts)
Criminal penalty
Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole (263 years)
Details
Victims
8
Country
United States
State(s)
Oklahoma
Date apprehended
August 21, 2014
Imprisoned at
Lexington Assessment and Reception Center
Daniel Ken Holtzclaw (born December 10, 1986) is a former police officer in the United States. He was convicted in December 2015 of multiple counts of rape, sexual battery, and other sex offenses while working for the Oklahoma City Police Department.[1]
Holtzclaw was convicted of eighteen counts involving eight different women. According to the police investigators, Holtzclaw abused his position as an officer by running background checks to find information that could be used to coerce victims into sex.[2] During the trial, the defense questioned the victims' credibility during cross-examination, bringing up their criminal records.[3] Of the thirteen women who accused Holtzclaw, several had criminal histories such as drug arrests, and all of them were African American.[4] The prosecution argued that victims were deliberately chosen by Holtzclaw for these reasons.[5]
Holtzclaw pleaded not guilty to all charges. On December 10, 2015, he was convicted on 18 of 36 charges, and on January 21, 2016, he was sentenced to 263 years in prison, a de facto sentence of life in prison.[6][7][8]
On August 1, 2019, Holtzclaw was denied an appeal by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, which upheld both his convictions and prison sentence.[9][10][11] The defense petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States on the basis that merging seventeen cases together "strains credulity". On March 9, 2020, the Supreme Court refused the petition.[12]
^HELSEL, PHIL (December 11, 2015). "Ex-Oklahoma City Cop Daniel Holtzclaw Found Guilty of Rapes". NBC News. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
^Redden, Molly (December 10, 2015). "Daniel Holtzclaw: former Oklahoma City police officer guilty of rape". The Guardian.
^Ng, Alfred; Silverstein, Jason (December 11, 2015). "Jury convicts ex-Oklahoma cop Daniel Holtzclaw of rape, sodomy charges; faces life in prison". Daily News. New York. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
^"Former Oklahoma City cop convicted on rape charges". CBS News. Associated Press. December 10, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
^Lussenhop, Jessica (November 13, 2015). "Daniel Holtzclaw trial: Standing with 'imperfect' accusers". BBC News. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
^King, Shaun (November 4, 2015). "KING: Cop accused of raping black women gets all white jury". Daily News. New York. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
^Larimer, Sarah (December 11, 2015). "Ex-Oklahoma City cop Daniel Holtzclaw found guilty of multiple on-duty rapes". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
^Cavallier, Andrea (January 21, 2016). "Former Oklahoma City cop Daniel Holtzclaw sentenced to 263 years on rape charges". Pix11. CNN, Associated Press. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
^Richards, Dillon (August 1, 2019). "Court upholds conviction, denies appeal of former Oklahoma City officer convicted of rape". KOCO-TV. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
^Miller, Ken (August 1, 2019). "Oklahoma court upholds sentence for ex-cop convicted of rape". Associated Press. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
^"Oklahoma appeals court denies former cop Daniel Holtzclaw's appeal". August 1, 2019.
^"U.S. Supreme Court lets stand fired Oklahoma City police officer's convictions". Oklahoman.com. March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
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