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Actually Innocent

A federal court in Oklahoma awarded $4.7 million in damages to a woman who spent months incarcerated on federal drug charges before being found “actually innocent.” A special agent of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives completed a false police report describing a methamphetamine sale that never occurred.

TULSA, Okla. – A federal court in Oklahoma awarded $4.7 million in damages to a woman who spent months incarcerated on federal drug charges before being found “actually innocent.” A special agent of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives completed a false police report describing a methamphetamine sale that never occurred.

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