Missouri woman who served 43 years in prison is free after her 1980 murder conviction was overturned

CHILLICOTHE, Mo. (AP) — A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years in prison was released Friday, after Missouri’s attorney general fought for more than a month to keep her behind bars.

On Friday, Sandra Hemme left 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.

The judge originally ruled on June 14 that Hemme’s attorneys had established “clear and...