Glynn Simmons was released last year after almost half a century behind bars. Now 70, he describes his torment and terror as he battled to overturn one of the worst miscarriages of justice in US history
An Oklahoma man, Glynn Simmons, who was convicted of murder in a liquor store robbery in 1975 was exonerated in court on Tuesday after he had spent more than 48 years in prison. Simmons, 70, was declared innocent in a ruling by Judge Amy Palumbo of Oklahoma County District Court, NY Times reports. Simmons was released on bond in July after Judge Palumbo agreed during a status hearing to vacate the judgment and sentence at the request of Vicki Zemp Behenna, the Oklahoma County district attorney who had been reviewing his case.