12/22/2023
US man declared innocent after spending 48 years in prison for murder he did not commit
‘Freedom agrees with me’, says Glynn Simmons (71) was wrongfully convicted on the basis of a single witness who lied on the stand
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US man declared innocent after spending 48 years in prison for murder he did not commit
‘Freedom agrees with me’, says Glynn Simmons (71) was wrongfully convicted on the basis of a single witness who lied on the stand
Glynn Simmons was declared innocent by judge Amy Palumbo of the Oklahoma county district court.
Thu Dec 21 2023 - 17:26
In the longest known wrongful imprisonment case in modern US history, an Oklahoma man was declared innocent this week after nearly five decades in prison for a crime the court now says he did not commit, according to a University of Michigan registry of such cases.
Glynn Simmons, 71, served 48 years, one month and 18 days for the murder of a store clerk during the armed robbery of an Oklahoma city liquor store in 1974, according to the university’s national registry of exonerations, which tracks inmates cleared of sentences served for 25 years or more.
“Freedom agrees with me,” Mr Simmons said at a press conference after the hearing on Tuesday.
Mr Simmons was wrongfully convicted on the basis of a single witness who lied on the stand on behalf of the prosecution when she said she had picked him out of a line-up of possible suspects when she had actually identified others, lawyers for Mr Simmons contend.
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