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Overturned

Glynn Simmons

Year
1975
Where
Oklahoma
Source
Wikipedia
Evidence
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What the record says

Glynn Ray Simmons (1953 – October 2026) was an American man who was wrongfully convicted in the state of Oklahoma in 1975 of the 1974 murder of Carolyn Sue Rogers. After having been exonerated, he was released from prison in 2023 at the age of 70 after having been imprisoned for 48 years. His imprisonment after wrongful conviction is believed to be the longest in U.S. history.

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