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A judge ruled Tuesday that Sandra Hemme can't be retried, the final step in a tumultuous journey to making her freedom permanent.

A judge ruled Tuesday that Sandra Hemme can’t be retried, the final step in a tumultuous journey to making her freedom permanent.

Sandra Hemme was being treated with heavy doses of antipsychotic drugs when she was first questioned about the 1980 murder of library worker Patricia Jeschke.

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 “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 with her family and lawyers outside the Missouri Court of Appeals in downtown Kansas City before oral arguments in her case In a unanimous opinion, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled ...

Months after a Missouri court ruled in favor of the release of Sandra Hemme, an appeals court affirmed the decision and vacated her murder conviction.

Sandra Hemme was being treated with heavy doses of antipsychotic drugs when she was first questioned about the 1980 murder of library worker Patricia Jeschke.

Sandra Hemme, center, meets with family and supporters after she was released from the Chillicothe Correctional Center in July.

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 ...