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Jilly_in_VA

(10,991 posts)
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 01:46 PM Oct 23

A court orders Missouri's AG to give in and let a wrongly convicted death row inmate go free

In a unanimous opinion, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Sandra Hemme, 64, was wrongly convicted of murder and she should be freed.

In a single sentence, the Missouri Court of Appeals changed the trajectory of Hemme’s life.

“Hemme’s 1985 conviction of capital murder in Buchanan County, Missouri… is vacated,” the court wrote.

Hemme spent 43 years in prison for the murder of Patricia Jeschke, a librarian from St. Joseph. It's the longest sentence any woman wrongly convicted in the U.S. has ever served.

The 71-page ruling was handed down remarkably fast — just 13 days after oral arguments — and rejected every argument made by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey.

“The opinion was a powerful statement from the court,” said Innocence Project attorney Jane Pucher. Hemme’s family “is grateful and relieved,” Pucher said, especially for how quickly the judges ruled.

https://www.kcur.org/news/2024-10-22/missouri-court-vacates-sandra-hemme-murder-conviction-blasts-attorney-generals-arguments

Now let's see if he does it. He's a notorious scofflaw.

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A court orders Missouri's AG to give in and let a wrongly convicted death row inmate go free (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Oct 23 OP
If he doesn't do it they should put him in prison to serve her remaining sentence. Bev54 Oct 23 #1
Andrew Bailey likes to waste taxpayer funds on MAGA grandstanding. Gore1FL Oct 23 #2

Bev54

(11,920 posts)
1. If he doesn't do it they should put him in prison to serve her remaining sentence.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 02:35 PM
Oct 23

Sick of idiots that do whatever they want.

Gore1FL

(21,960 posts)
2. Andrew Bailey likes to waste taxpayer funds on MAGA grandstanding.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 04:39 PM
Oct 23

It's amazing that he's even a bigger bastard than Eric Schmitt.

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