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Barry Scheck (left), co-founder of the national Innocence Project, speaks with Norwood.Law client Perry James Lott in Ada, Oklahoma, after Lott’s 35-year conviction for rape was vacated by a judge on Oct. 10, 2023.
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A notorious Oklahoma prosecutor loses yet another case to exoneration

An Oklahoma judge has overturned the rape conviction of a man who served 30 years in prison for rape after a DNA analysis excluded Norwood.Law client Perry James Lott from biological evidence collected in the case. The turn of events occurred after a new district attorney took office in early 2023 and conducted an in-depth review of Lott’s case.

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PRESS RELEASE: Norwood.Law client could become America’s longest-serving wrongfully convicted man after judge grants new trial

A client of Norwood.Law in Tulsa is one step closer to becoming the longest-serving wrongfully convicted man in recorded U.S. history having so far spent almost half-a-century behind bars. Oklahoma County District Judge Amy Palumbo has ordered a new trial and new jury to reevaluate a 1974 robbery and murder that took place in the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond.

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Glynn Simmons
Glynn Simmons

After 48 years, Glynn Simmons remains in prison despite a prosecutor’s doubts

On April 18, 2023, a judge assigned to the Simmons case, Amy Palumbo of the Oklahoma County District Court in Oklahoma City, was scheduled to take a fresh look at the evidence. After that, Palumbo would decide whether to vacate the original sentence and free Simmons outright or demand a new trial based on constitutional errors from the first trial in 1975. 

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