Cornealious "Mike" Anderson spent 13 years free from prison due to a clerical error, then nearly a year behind bars when the mistake was caught. On Monday, he walked out of a southeast Missouri courtroom a free man again - this time with no need to look over his shoulder. Mississippi County associate circuit judge Terry Lynn Brown needed just a 10-minute hearing before ruling that he was giving Anderson credit for time served for all 4,794 days between his conviction and when he was arrested last year. The judge granted Anderson his immediate freedom. Anderson, 37, left the courthouse with his wife...
- 5/6/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Cornealious "Mike" Anderson spent 13 years free from prison due to a clerical error, then nearly a year behind bars when the mistake was caught. On Monday, he walked out of a southeast Missouri courtroom a free man again - this time with no need to look over his shoulder. Mississippi County associate circuit judge Terry Lynn Brown needed just a 10-minute hearing before ruling that he was giving Anderson credit for time served for all 4,794 days between his conviction and when he was arrested last year. The judge granted Anderson his immediate freedom. Anderson, 37, left the courthouse with his wife...
- 5/6/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Cornealious ‘Mike’ Anderson, who was imprisoned in July 2013 for a crime he was convicted of 13 years prior, was released from prison Monday.
Cornealious ‘Mike’ Anderson Released
Anderson, due to a clerical mistake, was never put behind bars for his conviction in an armed robbery he committed in his 20s. At the time, he inquired about his imprisonment to his lawyer and half-waited to get picked up by law enforcement. Choosing not to flee the state, Anderson cleaned up his act and made a life for himself. Before he was jailed in July, Anderson was running his own construction company and was happily married with children.
“He has been able to accomplish for himself what the criminal justice system does not accomplish in many situations," Patrick Megaro told the judge during Anderson’s hearing on Monday, touting his client’s self-rehabilitation.
Mississippi County Associate Circuit Judge Terry Lynn Brow needed little...
Cornealious ‘Mike’ Anderson Released
Anderson, due to a clerical mistake, was never put behind bars for his conviction in an armed robbery he committed in his 20s. At the time, he inquired about his imprisonment to his lawyer and half-waited to get picked up by law enforcement. Choosing not to flee the state, Anderson cleaned up his act and made a life for himself. Before he was jailed in July, Anderson was running his own construction company and was happily married with children.
“He has been able to accomplish for himself what the criminal justice system does not accomplish in many situations," Patrick Megaro told the judge during Anderson’s hearing on Monday, touting his client’s self-rehabilitation.
Mississippi County Associate Circuit Judge Terry Lynn Brow needed little...
- 5/6/2014
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