#CarmenMejia was finally freed earlier this month. Her lawyers Vanessa Potkin and Shabel Castro explain how a tragic incident turned into a horrific injustice — and why this happens to wrongly convicted women in particular.
Read more in Katie Couric Media: https://bit.ly/4uLE9Po
#CarmenMejia waited 22 years to be reunited with her loved ones. She was exonerated on March 9, but wasn’t immediately freed due to an immigration hold that would never have existed without her wrongful conviction. ICE lifted the detainer and she walked free.
Read more: https://bit.ly/46N7LSm
This is how you hug someone! So wonderful to see #CarmenMejia walk free and supporters there to envelope her in love. 💖🥳👏
BREAKING: #CarmenMejia walked free after 22 years of wrongful incarceration in Texas. She was exonerated on Monday, but was not immediately released due to an immigration hold stemming from her wrongful conviction. ICE lifted the detainer and she walked out.
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#CarmenMejia Let Carmen be with her family. 👩⚖️✊
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Hoy, Carmen Mejia fue exonerada después de que el juez P. David Wahlberg, del Tribunal de Distrito del Condado de Travis, la declaró inocente de la muerte de un bebé de 10 meses bajo su cuidado quien —según afirma ahora el estado— murió en un trágico accidente.
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BREAKING: Today, Carmen Mejia was exonerated after Travis County District Court Judge P. David Wahlberg declared her innocent of the death of a 10-month-old infant in her care who — the state now affirms — died in a tragic accident.
Read her full story: https://bit.ly/46N7LSm
#CarmenMejia.
Today, a Travis County District Court Judge is expected to dismiss the 2003 murder charge against #CarmenMejia — a Texas mother who spent 22 years in prison for a crime that never happened.
Watch the hearing live.
https://bit.ly/3OV9kHK
