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On Monday, an Oklahoma man was exonerated in Ada after 35 years of wrongful conviction and 30 years of incarceration.It was an emotional day in Pontotoc County
Innocence Project advocates asked a district judge in Ada to vacate the sentence of Perry Lott, who they say was wrongfully convicted of rape in 1987.
Post-conviction DNA testing from a rape kit showed Perry Lott did not commit the 1987 crime.
Perry Lott, 61, was wrongly convicted of the felonies in 1988 - and he was released in 2018 after DNA testing showed he did not commit the crime. On Tuesday he was exonerated.
Today, (Tuesday, October 10) Perry Lott was exonerated in Ada, Oklahoma, 35 years after a wrongful conviction -- including 30 years of incarceration -- for a 1987 rape and burglary.