A Missouri woman's murder conviction was overturned after 43 years in prison due to convincing evidence implicating a now-discredited police officer. Sandra Hemme, a psychiatric patient at the time, falsely confessed to avoid the death penalty. She is believed to be the longest-known wrongly incarcerated woman in the U.S.
A 64-year-old Missouri woman with a history of mental illness has been declared innocent by a judge for a murder that she has spent more than four decades behind bars for. https://t.co/n6L8hrlmvT
A judge has overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman who was a psychiatric patient when she incriminated herself in a 1980 killing that her attorneys argue was actually committed by a now-discredited police officer. https://t.co/HDLA7Vj7lR
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BREAKING: A Missouri Circuit Court has overturned our client Sandra Hemme’s murder conviction after 43 years. We won’t stop fighting for Sandra — who is the longest-known wrongly incarcerated woman in the U.S. — until she is free! https://t.co/zOCtGEntvh
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🚨 WOMAN'S MURDER CONVICTION OVERTURNED AFTER 43 YEARS Sandra Hemme's 1980 murder conviction was overturned due to "convincing evidence." Hemme, a psychiatric patient at the time, falsely confessed to reportedly avoid the death penalty. A now-discredited police officer is… https://t.co/9QYM22yzbL
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