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

A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years of a life sentence was released Friday, despite attempts in the last month by Missouri's attorney general to keep her behind bars.

Sandra Hemme, 64, left a 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. She reunited with her family at a nearby park, where she hugged her sister, daughter and granddaughter.

"You were just a baby when your mom sent me a picture of you," she said. "You looked just like your mamma when you were little and you still look like her."