Unexamined hair strand at center of 35-year-old NE OKC murder case; hearing held in Oklahoma County

A Tulsa man fighting to prove his innocence in a 35-year-old murder conviction appeared on Thursday in an Oklahoma County courtroom. The Oklahoma Innocence Project asked the judge for DNA testing on a piece of evidence never tested before.

Unfortunately for Clarence Bramlett, the judge denied the request for DNA testing on a piece of hair that was found in the victim’s mouth. Bramlett’s attorney said the fight for his freedom is not over.

The man convicted and sentenced to life in prison for a 1989 northeast Oklahoma City murder appeared upbeat as he was escorted into a courtroom. Many of Bramlett’s supporters traveled from Tulsa for the hearing, all believing in his innocence…

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