Nyuma y’imyaka 48 afunzwe urukiko rwamugize umwere

Umusaza w’imyaka 71 yatangaje ko ari umwere muri leta ya Oklahoma yo muri Leta zunze ubumwe z’Amerika nyuma yo kumara hafi imyaka 50 muri gereza azira ubwicanyi atakoze.

Nk’uko ikinyamakuru The National Registry of Exonerations kibitangaza ngo Glynn Simmons, yamaze igihe kinini afunzwe mbere yo guhanagurwaho icyaha kurusha abandi bagororwa bo mu mateka ya Amerika.

Simmons yarekuwe muri Nyakanga nyuma yo gufungwa imyaka 48 yose, ukwezi kumwe n’iminsi 18.

Simmons n’undi mugabo, Don Roberts, bakatiwe urwo gupfa mu 1975 bazira ubwicanyi ku mwanditsi w’ibicuruzwa by’ibinyobwa by’imyaka 30 ubwo yari yibwe i Edmond, muri Oklahoma.

Simmons na Roberts bahamwe n’icyaha bashingiye gusa ku buhamya bw’umukiriya w’umwangavu warashwe mu mutwe ubwo bujura ariko ararokoka.

Yatwawe kuri polisi, ariko iperereza ryakurikiyeho ryashidikanyaga cyane ku kwizerwa kwe.

Aba bagabo bombi kandi bari baravuze mu rubanza ko batigeze no muri Oklahoma igihe ubwicanyi bwakorwaga.

Ku wa kabiri, umucamanza w’urukiko rw’intara rwo muri Amerika, Amy Palumbo, yanze ko Simmons ahamwa n’icyaha maze atangaza ko ari umwere mu iburanisha ryabereye mu rukiko rw’intara rwa Oklahoma ku wa kabiri.

Simmons yabwiye abanyamakuru ati: “Uyu ni umunsi twategereje igihe kirekire, kirekire.” “Dushobora kuvuga ko ubutabera bwakozwe uyu munsi, amaherezo.”