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Californian Grandmother wrongly jailed for 17 years is freed

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A 59-year-old grandmother from California who spent 17 years in jail for a murder she did not commit has been freed.

Susan Mellen was found guilty in 1998 of killing her ex-boyfriend the year before.

A local lawyer who runs an ‘innocence project’ had found major credibility issues with the trial’s main prosecution witness.

A judge overturned Mellen’s conviction, saying the original witness was a woman known to be a “habitual liar.”

“I believe, based on what I read, that she is innocent and f…
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  1. @hakuislife897

    March 22, 2024 at 12:28 am

    This was my grandmas BestFRIEND I came here to see what she looks like cause my grandma always talks to here

  2. @howtowin.facts.7247

    March 22, 2024 at 12:28 am

    nuts

  3. @TheWordprophet

    March 22, 2024 at 12:28 am

    Good news is so good to see…Praise the Lord that this woman is free from prison…!
    Now, may God's word be sent to her so that she may escape the wrath to come…

  4. @kimberlyrav

    March 22, 2024 at 12:28 am

    She should not ever haverto pay for a thing now. The court should have to pay to get her a home, and pay for all of her utilities, her food, her personal effects, her a new car, a cell phone. All on the house….the court house!

  5. @Vierotchka

    March 22, 2024 at 12:28 am

    This is good news. The sad and bad part is that the highly flawed justice system robbed her of 17 years of her life.

  6. @omglabel

    March 22, 2024 at 12:28 am

    Most of the  judges in US are republicans.  They make money with the jail system

  7. @moumous87

    March 22, 2024 at 12:28 am

    :O
    no comment to the US justice system

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