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Buster Youngwolfe was an Oklahoma native and a part of the Cherokee tribe that lived during the early to mid eighteenth century. In 1953 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Youngwolfe was accused and admitted to killing a young female after raping her. The girl, Phyllis Jean Warren, was a neighbor of Youngwolfe’s and was friends with his nephews which gave reason to believe this in fact happened and Youngwolfe was the victim. However, he later revealed that he was being forced by the authorities to make this confession and had no part in this accusation. None of the white population that discriminated against the Native Americans believed Youngwolfe except for one public defender, Elliot Howe. Howe worked to prove Youngwolfe’s innocence against the racist and corrupt legal system where they would successfully prove that Youngwolfe was not guilty.