Glynn Simmons, a 71-year-old man who spent practically 50 years in jail for homicide, has been exonerated, making him the longest serving inmate to be declared harmless of a criminal offense, Ken Miller reports for the Associated Press. Simmons was declared harmless and launched in July after prosecutors agreed that key proof in his case was not turned over to his protection legal professionals. Simmons has maintained his innocence, saying he was in Louisiana on the time of the 1974 slaying of Carolyn Sue Rogers inside an Edmond liquor retailer. He and co-defendant Don Roberts have been each convicted in 1975 of the homicide and initially sentenced to loss of life. Their sentences have been lowered to life in jail in 1977 after U.S. Supreme Courtroom rulings associated to capital punishment. Roberts was launched on parole in 2008. The ruling makes Simmons eligible for as much as $175,000 in compensation from the state for wrongful conviction and opens the door for a federal lawsuit in opposition to Oklahoma Metropolis and regulation enforcement concerned in his arrest and conviction.
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