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Oklahoma inmate featured in Netflix docuseries not getting out of prison

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Tue, August 30, 2022 at 7:39 AMUpdated Wed, August 31, 2022 at 4:16 AMThe Oklahoma Court of Appeals reinstated Tommy Ward's murder conviction on Friday. He was found guilty in the 1984 Ada case (Netflix)Comment on this story0CommentShare storyShare

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OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — An Oklahoma inmate featured on the Netflix docuseries "The Innocent Man" will not be getting out of prison.

The Oklahoma Court of Appeals reinstated Tommy Ward's murder conviction on Friday. He was found guilty in the 1984 Ada case.

The victim, Donna Haraway, disappeared from a convenience store where she worked. Her remains were found in 1986.

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In 2020, a judge vacated ward's murder conviction saying "favorable evidence" had been suppressed.

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She also ruled Ward could not be re-tried and needed to be released from prison.

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The appeals court unanimously voted to reverse that decision.

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