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Texas woman exonerated in a baby's death walks free after 22 years in prison


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Carmen Mejia wasn’t immediately released because of an immigration hold stemming from her conviction. Federal officials said she will be allowed to stay in the U.S. until her temporary protected status expires.

A Texas mother who was exonerated after spending 22 years in prison over the 2003 death of a 10-month-old boy who was burned from scalding bathwater walked free early Wednesday.

The Innocence Project said that Carmen Mejia, 54, left Travis County Correctional Complex just after midnight.

"I never lost faith and hope — I never lost it in 22 years," she said.

Travis County District Court Judge P. David Wahlberg exonerated Mejia on Monday after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned her convictions for felony murder, injury to a child and injury to a child by omission.

At her exoneration hearing, Mejia cried as she thanked God.

“Throughout these 20 years, I kept my faith and my hope that God was going to do justice,” she said in court via a translator. “I want to thank everybody who’s with me in this moment and to my judge.”
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Lemmiwinks
3 +1 Lemmiwinks 1 month ago

I’d pitch a couple bucks per year to have that happen to every immigrant looking for a free stay in the USA

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MisterProgneto
1 +1 MisterProgneto 1 month ago

That would suck.

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5 +1 kma8675309 1 month ago

And now she will be DEPORTED because her immigration is expired. :D Why would you wait HOURS before showing up at the emergency room with the child? :angry:

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oroboros
3 +1 oroboros 1 month ago

And who brought justice to the child who disappeared of world because of her?

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AryanLegend
1 +1 AryanLegend 1 month ago

"WE ARE YOUR GODS" thats a statement

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MJK420
6 +1 MJK420 1 month ago

Deport

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6 +1 MarGarTar 1 month ago

Guilty

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6 +1 Epicfrog 1 month ago

those adults who cry to god need to stay locked up for life away from normal sane humans outside of towns and cities

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Hackintosh
4 +1 Hackintosh 1 month ago

Unless she did it on purpose why the f was she jailed that long or at all? Drunks kill people and get 5 years or less sometimes.

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