Tommy ward and karl fontenot were convicted of the murder of donna denise haraway, who disappeared in the spring of 1984. The confession is one of the few remaining pieces of evidence the state has against karl fontenot in the abduction and killing of donna denise haraway. The court overturned a lower court decision that said because prosecutors and police withheld evidence that could exonerate tommy ward, 61, of the 1984 murder of donna.
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The court overturned a lower court decision that said because prosecutors and police withheld evidence that could exonerate tommy ward, 61, of the 1984 murder of donna. “tommy ward will be in prison indefinitely, until a decision is made with the oklahoma criminal court of appeals,” ward’s attorney greg swagert said. The court of criminal appeals ordered tommy ward, 60, to remain imprisoned while the state appeals the lower court’s ruling that he be released. The state court of criminal appeals voted unanimously to reinstate tommy ward’s murder conviction.
Ward is the subject of a netflix docuseries and a book by john grisham. The oklahoma court of criminal appeals on friday reinstated tommy ward's murder conviction in an infamous 1984 case out of ada. Thomas ward, known to the public as tommy ward, was convicted in 1999 of the 1984 murder of donna denice haraway in ada, oklahoma.