A circuit judge, an appellate court and the Missouri Supreme Court agree that a woman whose murder conviction was overturned should be free after 43 years in prison.

A circuit judge, an appellate court and the Missouri Supreme Court agree that a woman whose murder conviction was overturned should be free after 43 years in prison.

Yet Sandra Hemme is still behind bars, leaving her lawyers and legal experts puzzled.

“I’ve never seen it,” said Michael Wolff, a former Missouri Supreme Court judge and professor and dean emeritus of Saint Louis University Law School. “Once the courts have spoken, the courts should be obeyed.”

The lone holdup to freedom for the 64-year-old woman is opposition from Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who has filed court actions seeking to force her to serve additional years for decades-old prison assault cases. The warden at the Chillicothe Correctional Center has declined to let Hemme go, based on Bailey’s actions.

    • @Yawweee877h444
      11•5 months ago

      massively punishable offense

      Hear, hear.

      Everyone involved in blocking or preventing her release should get prison time and lifetime ban from working in legal, law enforcement, public service.

    • @Alexstarfire
      7•5 months ago

      Man, we can’t even convict an ex-president for all the crimes he committed while in office. I have little hope in any justice these days.