A Missouri appellate court ruled that a lower court was right when it decided to overturn the murder conviction​ of a woman who spent 43 years behind bars for a killing her lawyers argue was committed by a discredited police officer.

The Missouri Court of Appeals Tuesday rejected all arguments from state Attorney General Andrew Bailey to return Hemme to prison. Hemme served 43 years in prison — more time than any other wrongly convicted woman in the U.

Sandra “Sandy” Hemme spent 43 years in prison for a murder she did not commit. The AG’s office fought her innocence case and her release from prison.

An appellate court in Missouri has ruled that a lower court was right when it decided to overturn the murder conviction of a woman who spent 43 years behind bars for a killing that her attorneys argue