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43 years in prison for a crime she never committed, the woman in the USA is released

2024-07-22 17:53:11Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
43 years in prison for a crime she never committed, the woman in the USA is
Sandra Hemme

A woman who served 43 years in prison for a murder she never committed has been released from prison in the US after her conviction was overturned. Sandra Hemme was 20 years old when she was found guilty of stabbing bookstore clerk Patricia Jeschke, of St. Joseph, Missouri, in November 1980. Hemme was sentenced to life in prison.

A re-evaluation of her case file concluded that there was no evidence linking her to the crime, other than the confession she had given about the effect of multiple sedatives in a psychiatric hospital.

Today, 64 years old, she is believed to be the woman who has served the longest wrongful sentence in US history.

Her legal team from the Innocence Project expressed gratitude that Hemme was finally reunited with her family and said they will continue to fight to clear her name. While she is no longer in prison, the case against her is still under review.

According to the BBC, Judge Ryan Horsman's first 118-page decision overturning the life sentence was handed down on June 14. He said the 64-year-old's lawyers had clear evidence of her innocence, including evidence not made available to her defense at the time she was convicted.

A review of the file found that local police had ignored evidence that led directly to one of its officers, Michael Holman, who later ended up in prison for another crime and died in 2015.

Holman's van had been seen in the area on the day of the murder, his alibi could not be confirmed, and he had used Patricia Jeschke's credit card after claiming to have found it in the trash.

Also found at Holman's home were a pair of gold earrings, which Jeschke's father identified as hers. None of this evidence was disclosed to Hemme's defense at the time.

She was questioned several times by the police while under the influence of antipsychotic drugs and a strong sedative after being admitted against her will to a psychiatric hospital. Hemme had been receiving psychiatric treatment on and off since she was 12 years old.

She was not fully aware of what was happening, court documents said, could barely hold her head upright and was in pain, a side effect of the medication.

Judge Horsman's review of the file noted that there was no forensic evidence linking the woman to the murder. She had no motive and no witnesses linking her to the crime.

43 years in prison for a crime she never committed, the woman in the USA is

Sandra Hemme left her jail cell on Friday.

Her defense attorney said Hemma will need help because she has spent most of her life in prison.


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