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Exonerated 2014

Michelle Murphy

Year
2014
Where
Oklahoma
Source
Innocence Project
Evidence
1
What the record says

In 2014, Michelle Murphy was exonerated of the murder of her 15-month-old son in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She had served 20 years in prison.

One-line description from the Innocence Project. Records change. The source is the authority.

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