Sandra "Sandy" Hemme has spent more than 43 years in prison for a 1980 murder in St. Joseph, Missouri. The Innocence Project says she falsely confessed and evidence points to a corrupt cop. Neil ...

Sandra Hemme watched intently, sometimes leaning forward in her seat, as lawyers argued whether she would remain free after a Missouri judge overturned her 1980 murder conviction this summer.

Sandra "Sandy" Hemme was freed after more than 43 years in prison for a 1980 murder in St. Joseph, Missouri. (Neil Nakahodo/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) ...

For the first time in more than four decades, Sandra Hemme may get to spend Thanksgiving with her family — not in prison. Hemme was wrongly convicted of murdering a St. Joseph librarian in 1980 ...

Sandra “Sandy” Hemme’s Missouri prison term marks the longest known wrongful conviction of a woman in U.S. history. She spent 43 years in prison for a murder likely committed by a cop.

Sandra Hemme, 64, left a prison in Chillicothe, hours after a judge threatened to hold the attorney general’s office in contempt if they continued to fight against her release.

FILE - This undated booking photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Sandra Hemme. A ruling by the Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday, July 18, 2024, has opened the way for ...

Sandra Hemme, 64, left a prison in Chillicothe, hours after a judge threatened to hold the attorney general's office in contempt if they continued to fight against her release. She.

Sandra Hemme watched intently, sometimes leaning forward in her seat, as lawyers argued whether she would remain free after a Missouri judge overturned her 1980 murder conviction this summer.. Wearing ...

Sandra Hemme was a psychiatric patient and had been found guilty of murdering Patricia Jeschke in 1980.