Oklahoma death row inmate fighting sentence has died
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July 4, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma death row inmate who was fighting to overturn his death sentence for a 1999 killing in Oklahoma City has died.
Jimmy Dean Harris, 64, died June 29 at a hospital from long-term health problems, The Oklahoman reported.
Harris was sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of his wife's boss at an Oklahoma City transmission shop. Harris shot and killed Merle Taylor on Sept. 1, 1999, at AAMCO Transmissions, where Harris had gone to confront his wife.
Harris was originally sentenced to death in 2001, but an appeals court threw out the sentence because of a mistake by...
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