Glynn Ray Simmons was lying in bed at his Oklahoma City home on the afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. 27, supported by hospice workers as close friends gathered to say goodbye.
One of them was attorney John Coyle, a prominent defense lawyer, who wanted to meet with Simmons shortly after securing the release of a longtime inmate for whom the two had been advocating in recent weeks.
Coyle knew that the visit would actually be a farewell. Just a few weeks away from turning 73, Simmons had been fighting cancer ever since he’d been let out of prison after serving 48 years for a murder he did not commit…