Parents Expose Jesse Butler: "30 Seconds From Murder" — No Jail Time for Teen Who Strangled & SA Two Girls!-WEEK IN REVIEW

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🗓️ 14 December 2025

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The parents of Jesse Butler's victims are breaking their silence — and what they're revealing is devastating. Jesse Mack Butler, 18, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, pleaded no contest to 11 felony charges including attempted rape, rape by instrumentation, and domestic assault by strangulation against two teenage girls. One victim was strangled until she lost consciousness and required surgery on her neck. Her doctor told her she was 30 seconds away from dying. Police found video on Butler's phone of him strangling the other victim. He faced 78 years in prison. Instead, a judge granted him "youthful offender" status — and he received community service, counseling, and supervision until his 19th birthday.

No prison. No sex offender registry. If he complies, his record gets wiped clean. The victims' families say they were never consulted about the plea deal. Both girls were willing to testify. That choice was taken from them. Butler's father is the former Director of Football Operations at Oklahoma State University. The judge who granted youthful offender status holds two degrees from OSU. No direct impropriety has been proven — but the families and protesters are demanding answers. "Community service for this type of crime, that's nothing," one victim's father told Nightline. "People get that for minor crimes." State Rep. J.J. Humphrey is calling for a grand jury investigation. Protesters have surrounded the courthouse at every hearing. And the parents have one message for America: "Love shouldn't hurt."

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0:00.0	This is Hidden Killers Week in review.
0:02.4	I look back at the most prolific stories of the week.
0:05.5	This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski.
0:08.7	Here now, Tony Brewski.
0:12.4	Ever wonder what would happen if you died and no one mourned?
0:19.2	In fact, you actually had a cacophony of people that you didn't know in your own town and across
0:25.9	the country and the world cheering, celebrating your demise.
0:32.6	It's a weird thought.
0:35.0	Probably what would happen if this fucker kicked it.
0:40.1	That'd be a weird thing to go through life feeling. But based on the decisions that he's made,
0:46.8	I got to say, understandable. A doctor told one of the girls that he victimized that she was
0:53.9	30 seconds away from dying.
0:57.4	30 seconds.
1:00.5	That's how long it would have taken for Jesse Mac Butler to cross the line from convicted sex offender to kill her.
1:10.9	He strangled her until she went unconscious, and when she came to, she needed surgery to repair
1:16.7	the damage to her neck. She'll carry that scar for the rest of her life. Jesse faced 78
1:22.5	years in prison, and guess what? He got community service? Because that's how it works. In Stillwater, Oklahoma, apparently.
1:29.9	When your dad's one of the former heads at OSU's football program and the DA and the judge apparently have their heads so deep into your family's ass or the sand.
1:48.2	One of the two, I'm not quite sure, because if you're fully aware and paying attention to what's going on around you,
1:55.1	no reasonable person would go, hmm, youthful offender, let's give him a second chance.
2:00.5	Oh, there's a pattern here. It's not just one girl. It's two girls that he strangled nearly to death
2:04.8	while violently assaulting them.
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