http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/24/justice/arizona-debra-milke-death-sentence/?iid=ob_article_organicsidebar_expansion&iref=obnetwork
Debra Milke spent 22 years on death row, accused of killing her son with two other men for an insurance payout. A judge ruled that the Arizona woman is innocent and dismissed all charges against her, making her the 2nd woman to get away with death row. The detective said Milke confessed the crime to him, even if there weren't any witnesses or recording. The two men with whom helped Milke with the crime were also accused. They're being tried separately and are still on death row.
This relates to APUSH because throughout history, there have been many cases that have meant different things. Brown v Board of Education had to do with an African American woman being able to go to school, there have been cases about abortion and if it violated your rights like Roe v Wade. This case has been going on for a while until recently and to this day, Debra Milke is officially a free woman. I don't know if she actually killed her son or not, but this just goes to show that the court can have the final say and can also change your life for the better, or sometimes even for the worse.
It's kind of awful though how it took the courts 22 years to release her, and strange how the two who supposedly helped her commit the crime are still on death row. Whatever happened to the right to a speedy trial?
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It's so terrible having that kind of horror everyday for 22 years I honestly can't even imagine
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