Sandra Hemme Is Finally Free After 43 Years
Read the statement from Ms. Hemme’s legal team.
07.19.24
Read the statement from Ms. Hemme’s legal team.
07.19.24
Chillicothe, MO — Sandra Hemme walks out of prison after 43 years. She is the longest-known wrongly incarcerated woman in the U.S. (Image: Courtesy of the Hemme legal team)
Sandra Hemme’s legal team responds to her release:
We are grateful that Ms. Hemme is now, finally, reunited with her family after 43 years. She has spent more than four decades wrongfully incarcerated for a crime she had nothing to do with. Tonight, she is surrounded by her loved ones, where she should have been all along. We will continue to fight until her name is cleared.
Sandra Hemme is represented by Innocence Project Senior Staff Attorney Jane Pucher and Staff Attorney Andrew Lee. She is also represented by UMKC Professor of Law Sean O’Brien.
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