An appellate court has upheld the freedom of a woman who spent 43 years behind bars for a killing that her attorneys argue was committed by a discredited police officer. The court ruled that some arguments raised by Bailey's office bordered on the absurd and gave prosecutors 10 days to refile charges.
— An appellate court has ordered the release of a Missouri woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years in prison, but the state attorney general is still trying to keep her behind bars as the case is reviewed. Monday’s ruling by a panel of appeals court judges comes after a judge ruled that Sandra Hemme’s attorneys …