Woman freed after 43 years: Longest wrongful imprisonment for a woman in US history

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Woman freed after 43 years: Longest wrongful imprisonment for a woman in US history
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Now 64, Sandra Hemme is believed to have endured the longest known wrongful imprisonment of a woman in American history.

Sandra Hemme, was released from prison on Friday in Chillicothe after a judge threatened to hold the attorney general’s office in contempt if they continued opposing her release.Sandra Hemme, a woman who served 43 years for a murder she did not commit, has been released after her conviction was overturned.

A recent case review revealed that her conviction was based solely on a confession made under heavy sedation in a psychiatric hospital, with no other evidence linking her to the crime, according to the During a hearing on Friday, Judge Ryan Horsman warned that if Hemme was not released by a specific time, he would summon Bailey to court on Tuesday morning and threatened to hold the attorney general’s office in contempt.There was no direct evidence linking Hemme to the murder of Jeschke. However, investigators later discovered earrings, believed to belong to the victim, in the home of former police officer Michael Holman in 2015.

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