US court found man not guilty after serving 48 years in prison on murder charges – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

“The judge acquitted a man who spent almost 50 years in prison for murder,” the post says. This is the longest prison sentence in the United States for a charge that was eventually dropped, the television channel highlights.

The man in question is Glynn Simmons, 71, who was freed in July after prosecutors agreed that key evidence in his case had not been presented to his lawyers.

“Based on clear and convincing evidence, the court finds that the crime for which Mr. Simmons was convicted, convicted, and imprisoned… was not committed by Mr. Simmons,” District Judge Amy Palumbo said in the ruling.

The man was initially sentenced to death in 1975, but the sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. Simmons turned 48 years, one month and 18 days old.