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Man declared innocent after spending 48 years in prison

Simmons and another man, Don Roberts, were sentenced to death in 1975 for the murder the previous year of a 30-year-old liquor store clerk during a robbery in Edmond, Oklahoma.

1. Police and a prison guard patrol the entrance of the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno, Oklahoma, July 16, 2015. . AFP
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

A 71-year-old man has been declared innocent in the US state of Oklahoma after spending nearly 50 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.

Glynn Simmons,

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