Judge Orders Release Or Retrial For Okla. Man Featured In Netflix Series

A federal judge said an Oklahoma man featured in a Netflix crime series should either be released from prison or get a new trial. Karl Fontenot was convicted of the robbery, kidnapping and murder of Donna Denice Haraway in Ada in 1984. The murder case bec

Thursday, August 22nd 2019, 6:38 am

By: News 9

Judge Orders Release Or Retrial For Okla. Man Featured In Netflix Series

A federal judge said an Oklahoma man featured in a Netflix crime series should either be released from prison or get a new trial.

Karl Fontenot was convicted of the robbery, kidnapping and murder of Donna Denice Haraway in Ada in 1984. The murder case became the focus of the Netflix docu-series "The Innocent Man".

The judge said there is reasonable doubt that the conviction may have been wrong.

The state has 120 days to either build a new case or release Fontenot, officials said.

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