AdvertisementHer attorneys say this is the longest time a women has been been incarcerated for a wrongful conviction. A spokesperson for Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey didn’t immediately respond to a text or email message seeking comment. Sandra "Sandy" Hemme has spent more than four decades in prison for a 1980 murder. That plea later was thrown out on appeal. AdvertisementLarry Harman, who helped Hemme get her initial guilty plea thrown out and later became a judge, said in the petition that he believed she was innocent.

Source: Huffington Post June 16, 2024 14:46 UTC