OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) – Glynn Simmons, a man found innocent of an Edmond murder 48 years after his conviction and incarceration, is now suing the cities and detectives involved in the botched case.
Glynn Simmons , 71, served 48 years, one month and 18 days for a murder he did not commit.
It’s a story News 4 has been covering in depth for 20 years .
On the night of the murder, December 30, 1974, Simmons wasn’t even in the State of Oklahoma.
He and a co-defendant, Don Roberts, were railroaded into a death penalty conviction in an unfair trial where the only evidence against them was the testimony of a traumatized teenager who had been shot in the back of the head.
That eyewitness picked out several other Black men in series of police lineups in early 1975.
Glynn Simmons pleaded not-guilty to the crime; he has always maintained his innocence.
Simmons and Roberts were both found guilty of the murder. Both men were originally sentenced to death.