Conviction In Deadly Crash Vacated; Tulsa Man To Be Released On Bond

Monday afternoon, a Tulsa County judge decided a former OSU student who pleaded guilty to killing a family of three in a car crash on Christmas Eve 2009 can be released from jail on $55,000 bond.

The decision left one family rejoicing and another grieving.

Steven Wade Jameson was supposed to walk through the jail doors Monday evening, but his family said the release was delayed until Tuesday morning because there were no GPS ankle monitors available.

Jameson’s family hopes Tuesday's release will be the last one - but the family of the victims who died in the crash wants him behind bars.

Earlier this month Judge James Caputo overturned the 26-year-old's manslaughter conviction and sentence - now the Court of Appeals will decide whether to uphold the ruling.

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In 2009, Jameson crashed into another car in Sand Springs and killed a mother, father and son – Angela, Michael and James Mulanax. They were Linda Perkins' family.

"I had one daughter that I raised for 41 years, and she was a good mother; and one grandson, and one son-in-law," she said.

Perkins said she's not surprised Caputo is letting Jameson bond out, but she is angry because she feels justice isn't being served.

"They were the innocent victims, and everyone keeps forgetting that's what this is about, their lives. And their lives did matter," she said.

Jameson's lawyer, Clark Brewster, argues it was an accident; that Jameson's car slipped while he was driving on an icy road that Christmas Eve night.

But prosecutors point to the marijuana found in Jameson's car, and that he was driving on a suspended license.

Meanwhile, Jameson will be allowed to go home until his case is decided. Monday, his family waited at the jail for his release for three hours only to be told they'll have to wait until Tuesday morning.

They hope this will be the last release, and so do the Perkins.

"There needs to be finality. You cannot go on with your life when you're constantly being drug through this," Linda Perkins said.

Jameson's family said they will be at the jail first thing in the morning to take him home.