Wrongful Conviction and Exoneration in Edmond, Oklahoma
Edmond, Oklahoma officials agreed to pay over $7 million to Glynn Ray Simmons, who was exonerated after spending 48 years in prison for a robbery and deadly shooting. The lawsuit alleged police falsified a report and withheld evidence. Simmons was freed in July 2023, and he was the longest imprisoned American inmate to be exonerated.