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US inmate freed after 48 years in prison for murder he didn’t commit | BBC News


US man Glynn Simmons has been exonerated, after spending 48 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, the longest known wrongful sentence in the US.

An Oklahoma judge freed the 70-year-old after a district court found that crucial evidence in his case was not turned over to his defence lawyers.

On Monday, a county district attorney said there was not enough evidence to warrant a new trial.

In an order on Tuesday, Judge Amy Palumbo declared Mr Simmons innocent.Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog

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