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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