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Former police officer Tony Davis has his life back on track after serving 23 years in state prison for child neglect. He\u2019s pursuing the restoration of \u2018his good name\u2019 in order to regain his right to vote, and maybe someday run for office. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_video admin_label=”Video: Explainer” _builder_version=”3.6″ src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/bGDeMdSS0oc” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Story Hero Image” custom_padding=”100px||600px|” disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”3.6″ background_image=”https:\/\/okc2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2018\/09\/mia-illustration.jpg” parallax_method=”off” next_background_color=”#ffffff” background_color=”#000000″ prev_background_color=”#ffffff” disabled=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” make_fullwidth=”on” use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ custom_padding=”26.3px|0px|0px|0px” padding_right_2=”10%” padding_left_2=”10%” background_position_1=”top_left” background_position_2=”top_left” background_repeat_1=”no-repeat” background_repeat_2=”no-repeat” _builder_version=”3.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_audio admin_label=”Audio Option 1″ _builder_version=”3.6″ title=”One Former Inmate’s Journey to Vote Again” artist_name=”Mia Muhyee” album_name=”Next Generation Radio, Oklahoma 2018″ background_color=”rgba(93,103,153,0.15)” custom_margin=”100px|||” audio=”https:\/\/okc2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2018\/09\/Mia_TonyDavis-1.mp3″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ specialty=”off” prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#000000″ _builder_version=”3.6″ disabled=”off” disabled_on=”||on”][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_audio admin_label=”MOBILE: Audio Option 1″ _builder_version=”3.6″ title=”One Former Inmate’s Journey to Vote Again” artist_name=”Mia Muhyee” album_name=”Next Generation Radio, Oklahoma 2018″ background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.15)” custom_margin=”100px|||” audio=”https:\/\/okc2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2018\/09\/Mia_TonyDavis-1.mp3″ background_layout=”light” disabled=”off” disabled_on=”||on” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” custom_padding=”50px||50px|” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ prev_background_color=”#000000″ next_background_color=”#0f4d90″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.6″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story Text” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Roboto|300|||||||” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n Tony Davis was a police officer before he spent almost half of his life behind bars. Now that he has seen both sides of the justice system, he wants to make a change. But before he can do that he has to regain his right to vote.<\/p>\n Davis, 60, was an auxiliary police officer with the Tulsa Police Department when he was convicted for the death of his stepson. Davis received a life sentence, but he was paroled in 2008, after serving 23 years in prison. Davis\u2019s crime carries with it a lifetime parole, and because of a recently passed state law, Oklahomans cannot vote again until their parole is complete.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I could get my voting rights back, hey I would be somebody again,\u201d Davis said. \u201cI am a citizen again, people would look at me again like I have all my rights back and I’m a whole person again.\u201d<\/p>\n Davis was charged in Tulsa County District Court with second-degree murder after three incidences of suspected child neglect led to the death of his 2-year-old stepson. After a series of accidents that including the child falling, being scolded by hot water and a car related injury that ended his life, state prosecutors eventually charged Davis with the child\u2019s death.<\/p>\n Oklahoma is number one in the nation for the incarceration of men and women, per capita. One in twelve Oklahomans have a felony record, compared to one in fifteen nationally, according to the Oklahoma Policy Institute. In order to get a pardon in Oklahoma, a sentence must be completely discharged. That leaves Davis ineligible. Instead, he is seeking to commute his sentence, which would mean getting an end date on his parole.<\/p>\n Despite the setback, Davis has found success in other parts of his life. Even though he had trouble finding work after prison because of his criminal record, Davis was able to start his own business.<\/p>\n \u201cI knew I couldn\u2019t be a police officer having a felony conviction, so I had to change my whole career,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n For about a year Davis worked for a friend, also a former inmate, who started his own IT business after prison.<\/p>\n \u201cThen I kind of went away from that and I thought, \u2018well I know everything that he\u2019s doing, and I can do the same thing,\u2019 so I went out and started my own business,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n Today Davis owns Quantus IT Solutions in Broken Arrow and serves as a road captain for a motorcycle ministry.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a priesthood,\u201d he said. \u201cWe like to ride motorcycles, talk about Jesus and witness to people. That\u2019s what the organization is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n Davis has been out of prison for 10 years now, but he still goes back to minister to the inmates and listen to their stories.<\/p>\n He is also working with Oklahoma Senator Wayne Shaw, R-Grove, to bring more business training for inmates in the Oklahoma prison system. He is trying to implement a prison entrepreneurship program to help more men and women be successful when they are released.<\/p>\n Davis is grateful to have his autonomy back and says he loves being able to do whatever he wants to do. He has since remarried and goes to Cancun frequently with his wife.<\/p>\n But, for Davis to be able to cast a ballot would truly make him feel like he has his freedom back.<\/p>\n \u201cI would feel like I am a part of the community again. Even though I am, and I know I am, it’s just that having that right again would make me feel like I do have a say in what goes on in our community and in our state. And, that\u2019s what I\u2019m working forward to.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/okc2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2018\/09\/Mia-3.jpg” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”3.6″ custom_margin=”10px|||” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” show_bottom_space=”off” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption Text” disabled_on=”off|off|off%22%22″ _builder_version=”3.6″ text_font=”Arial||on||” text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” custom_padding=”30px|||” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n Davis and his wife Nyla in their backyard in their home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 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