Oklahoma Court Reinstates ‘Innocent Man’ Murder Conviction

Oklahoma Court Reinstates ‘Innocent Man’ Murder Conviction
Tommy Ward, who has spent 35 years in prison in a murder case featured in the book and television series 'The Innocent Man'. Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP
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OKLAHOMA CITY—The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has reinstated the murder conviction and life sentence of a man featured in the book and television series “The Innocent Man.”

The court overturned a lower court decision that said because prosecutors and police withheld evidence that could exonerate Tommy Ward, 61, of the 1984 murder of Donna Denice Haraway in Ada.