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‘Blatant Miscarriage of Justice’: Oklahoma Man Exonerated of Wrongful Conviction After 35 Years Despite Former Prosecutor’s Attempt to Perpetuate Injustice

Loaded on April 15, 2024 by Douglas Ankney published in Criminal Legal News April, 2024, page 50
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Prosecutorial Misconduct. Location: Oklahoma.

by Douglas Ankney

Perry Lott was exonerated in Ada, Oklahoma, of a 1987 rape and burglary conviction after 35 years—30 of which Lott spent in prison—in spite of former District Attorney Paul Smith’s attempts to perpetuate such a gross miscarriage of justice.

In November 1987, a white woman was raped ...

 

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