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Missouri AG stops release of longest-serving wrongfully convicted woman
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Are you fucking kidding me? She already served 43 years for a crime she didn't commit. Now the AG's office wants to keep her in prison for charges that occurred as a direct result of her incarceration, when she has already served more time than the sentences combined?!?
I can only assume that they're looking for any possible excuse to keep her in because they're afraid of the looming civil suit when they finally let her out.
She doesn't have to be out to sue. My guess is prison did the opposite of rehabilitate. And now because of it, she isn't fit to be released. Which is even worse.
This is the real answer but fuck them they played the blame game now they should release her and have to deal with the consequences. This happens all the time btw, especially in Missouri. They don't want them out because they know what kind of person they will be now that society has failed them. Good. If they are rapists and killers now maybe you shouldn't have imprisoned innocent god damn people. They should let them out and be forced to deal with the consequences of their actions.
Yeah, but "they" won't be the ones to feel those consequences
This isn't the first time I've see a story like this. I don't remember the specifics but it was a man who was wrongfully convicted and then was attacked in prison. He wound up accidently killing the guy so now he's stuck in prison even though he never should have been there in the first place. I tried googling the case but couldn't find it among the sea of other wrongful convictions.