Arrr, that landlubber Oklahoma be coughin' up over $7M to a swab wrongfully locked up fer near half a century!
2024-08-19
Arrr, matey! A landlubber town in Oklahoma be coughin’ up over $7 million doubloons to a scallywag once marked for the gallows, who spent near half a century behind bars! Aye, ‘tis a fine jest that justice be takin’ so long to come ‘round! Har har har!
Once accused o' robbin' a liquor store and givin' the clerk a mortal wound, Simmons insisted he was off swabbin' the decks in Louisiana at the time. The local council, after much deliberation—probably over a pint of grog—decided to pay up so that Simmons can finally sail away to calmer seas. His attorney, Elizabeth Wang, lamented the tragic time lost but celebrated the settlement that be settin' him free.
The scallywags in charge had a hand in falsifyin’ reports, makin' it look like a wounded witness pointed the finger at Simmons, when he be innocent as a newborn sea turtle! After a fair judge cleared his name, Simmons was finally released, and he be the longest-serving inmate to be exonerated in the United States! So raise a tankard, mates, for Glynn Ray Simmons, the sailor wronged but now set free! Yarr!