Missouri AG stops release of longest-serving wrongfully convicted woman
Missouri AG stops release of longest-serving wrongfully convicted woman
The state’s AG office are trying to keep her behind bars on unrelated charges
How does it make sense? She's got 12 years to serve for what happened while serving 43 years for a crime she didn't commit, that means she served 31 extra years already! And that's not even giving her the benefit of the doubt that she could potentially have spent 0 years in prison had she not been incarcerated in the first place meaning that the 12 years aren't her fault but the fault of the system that put her in prison even though she was innocent!
Not to mention, those extra years were undoubtedly due to the cutthroat environment of landing in prison and having to learn to survive. It’s a goddamn trope in movies/tv. In fucking sitcoms. Prison forces people to become criminals or else be brutalized.
So she was drugged, forced into confessing flimsily, sent to prison as a mentally unwell person, and had to survive. Those violence charges against her should’ve been thrown out immediately after they realized she was never supposed to be there in the first place.
This fuckin system in this fucking country…
Dang, this is super-fucked up.
Hemme had a two-year sentence imposed July 16, 1984, and a 10-year sentence imposed October 24, 1996, that were both supposed to run consecutive to the murder sentence, which the court overturned in June. Both sentences were related to violence while in prison.
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.
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.
Whilst this was happening, someone had the thought that they could do something to stop this woman getting out of prison. That person would either need a specific reason, something to gain, or just be one of the smallest people/biggest cunts to ever grace the planet.
Wait a minute, if she gets released, people will know our prosecutors made at least one bad mistake two decades ago. I know, to prevent people from knowing this public information, I will prevent the release of this innocent person. That will surely safeguard the reputation of this office
if she gets released, people will know our prosecutors made at least one bad mistake two decades ago
And that might just start people thinking that the death penalty is barbaric. Can't allow that to happen...
This is America
I agree with all the other reasons this is fucked, but let's all step back and have a shudder about this:
In 2015, after Holman’s death, authorities searched his house to find gold horseshoe-shaped earrings in a closet, which Jeschke’s father said he had given his daughter.
If dude had just thrown those earrings away she'd have had no hope of ever being released.
That poor girl. Lost her whole life to some nonsense. So sad. I wish I could do more to stop things like this from happening
While i do agree with you, that is the correct word for it. Much like how if an Archeologists found the remains Caucasian people they would be called Caucasoid and Asian is called mongoloid.
Well, that story played out like a bad movie. -Dirty cop, frame-job, and all.
What was that epic poem released by that group? Oh yeah, Fuck the Police.
How does this not fall under "Fruit of the poisoned tree"? The original conviction was in error, any charges stemming from the consequences of that conviction should also be in error. I hope she's able to resolve this and get some part of her life back.
For republicans... Cruelty IS the point
