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Sandra Hemme freed after 43 years in prison for murder she didn’t commit (www.bbc.com)

submitted 3 months ago by MicroWave to c/news

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A woman who served 43 years for a murder she did not commit has been released after her conviction was overturned.

Sandra Hemme was 20 years old when she was found guilty of stabbing to death library worker Patricia Jeschke from St Joseph, Missouri, in November 1980. She was given a life sentence.

There was no evidence that linked her to the crime other than a confession she gave under heavy sedation in a psychiatric hospital, a review into her case found.

Now 64, she is believed to have served the longest known wrongful conviction of a woman in US history according to her representatives.

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[–] FlyingSquid 27 points 3 months ago

I was thinking the same thing. She doesn't get a do-over. There is no way to give her those 43 years back. She had a daughter she didn't get to raise. She had an independent and free life she didn't get to live.

And to make things worse, the evil as fuck Missouri AG was trying to keep her imprisoned!