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Kids Behind Bars: Where is Dana Barker Now?

Where is Dana Barker from Kids Behind Bars? After spending more than 25 years in prison, Barker is seeking for resentencing hearing.

Barker got convicted of murdering her stepmother, Brenda Barker, in 1994. She is now attempting to get a resentencing hearing. The second episode of the second season of Kids Behind Bars focused on the murder of Brenda Barker and how Dana is trying to fight for a resentencing hearing.

In 2012 the US Supreme Court ruled that people serving life sentences with no parole for committing crimes as juveniles can request resentencing hearings. A&E’s “Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole,” tells the cases of convicted juveniles seeking resentencing.

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Where is Dana Barker Now?

Dana is currently serving her time in a prison in Oklahoma. She is also continuing to fight for a resentencing hearing.

She is currently locked up at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, McLoud Oklahoma. It is a women’s facility, which she joined in 1995. Barker was charged with first-degree murder and life in prison without parole. Her attorney filed a conviction on August 13, 2020, for a motion to vacate her, followed by several post-conviction relief applications in 2018 and 2019.

Barker gave an interview to The Frontier, where she revealed that she committed a horrible crime but does not believe that she should spend the rest of her life in jail. Dana takes full responsibility for the horrible crime.

Brenda Barker Murder Details Revealed

When she was just 17 years old, Dana Barker murdered her stepmother, Brenda Barker, in January 1994. She shot Brenda thrice and left her to die.

Dana had a stolen handgun, rented car, and rubber gloves when she knocked on Brenda’s front door in her Okmulgee house. Brenda’s sons found her in the kitchen lying in a pool of blood, and she passed away 13 days later in the hospital.

Brenda Barker’s daughter, Kerry Whitley, believes that her mother’s murderer should be resentenced and she should spend the rest of her life in prison, reports Heavy.

Is Dana Barker On Wikipedia?

Dana Barker is not on Wikipedia, but one can read about her on a couple of Wiki-bio pages. Dana’s current age is 45 years.

She made a lot of bad decisions as a teenager, ran away from home, and even dropped out of high school. Dana made many unauthorized charges on her father’s credit cards.

She has spent more than 25 years in jail, and currently, there are no updates on the case.

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Abbie Anker

Update: 2024-05-18