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By Randy Mitchell | For The Ada News Dec 22, 2020 1 of 2
On Friday, an Oklahoma district judge vacated and set aside Thomas Ward s (pictured) convictions and sentences, and ordered him discharged from the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
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On Friday, former Ada resident Thomas Jesse Ward, convicted of a murder he insists he did not commit, was ordered to be set free after more than 35 years in custody.
Oklahoma District Court Judge Paula Inge granted Ward s amended application for post-conviction relief and vacated and set aside the judgements and sentences against him.
According to court records filed Friday in Pontotoc County District Court, Inge wrote, . this court finds that the factual contentions made by the petitioner, Thomas Jesse Ward, in his amended application for post-conviction relief are sufficient as a matter of law to establish a prima facie showing the petitioner is entitled to post-co
Judge vacates sentence Dec 19, 2020
Tommy Ward
Former Ada resident Thomas Jesse Ward, convicted of a murder he insists he did not commit, was ordered on Dec. 18 to be set free.
Ward, now 60, was convicted in 1985, along with Karl Fontenot, now 56, in connection with the disappearance and murder of Donna Denice Haraway. Both were also later convicted in second trials.
According to court records filed Dec. 18, a district judge wrote, . this court finds that the factual contentions made by the petitioner, Thomas Jesse Ward, in his amended application for post-conviction relief are sufficient as a matter of law to establish a prima facie showing the petitioner is entitled to post-conviction relief. It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that petitioner s amended application for post-conviction relief is granted. Pursuant to Title 22, O.S. 1085, this court hereby vacates and sets aside the judgements and sentences entered against Ward on July 10, 198