Missouri
Missouri woman’s murder conviction overturned after 40 years as suspicions turn to ex-cop
Judge Ryan Horsman ruled that Sandra Hemme, now 64, established evidence of actual innocence and must be released within 30 days unless prosecutors retry her in the case of 31-year-old Patricia Jeschke's death.
A judge overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman who spent 43 years in prison after incriminating herself in a 1980 killing while she was a psychiatric patient, with the judge and the woman’s lawyers suggesting a former police officer may have b... [6198 chars]