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An innocence question

Karl Fontenot Two separate Pontotoc County juries sentenced Fontenot to death for the April 1984 slaying of Ada convenience store clerk Denice Haraway, although his sentence was later commuted to life in prison without parole because of an improper jury instruction. OIP director Tiffany Murphy said the group’s request was filed after a lengthy investigation […]

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Righting wrongs

Tiffany Murphy OCU LAW Since its inception in August 2011, the Oklahoma City University School of Law Oklahoma Innocence Project, or OIP, has been working to overturn wrongful convictions in Oklahoma. “There are people who are completely, absolutely innocent of their charges who have been convicted and sentenced to prison for, often, very long periods […]

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