US woman freed after 43 years in prison for murder she didn’t commit

[Sanjeev]

After her conviction was retracted, a lady who served 43 years for a murder she did not commit was freed. In November 1980, Sandra Hemme, then 20 years old, was convicted guilty of stabbing St. Joseph, Missouri, library employee Patricia Jeschke to death.

She was sentenced to life in prison. An investigation into her case concluded that there was no further proof linking her to the crime except for a confession she made while unconscious in a mental health facility.

According to her representatives, she is currently 64 years old and is thought to have served the longest stated wrongful conviction of any woman in US history.

 

[Augusta]

Yeez, what's this. An innocent person jdiled for those numbers of years. This can be really depressing

 

[Sanjeev]

Yes, it was very upsetting and the government must compensate for the years she spent in the jail without any crime she did.

 

[Stardom22]

That's the problems with the unfair judicial rulings. I have realized that thousands serve jail terms falsely.