Yahoo News Exclusive: 59-Year Old Woman Just Spent 17 Years In Jail For A Murder She Did Not Commit

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October 14, 2014 at 12:22 PM

In 1997, Susan Mellen's ex-boyfriend was murdered. In 1998, Susan was found guilty of murder and had to leave her three children for a lifetime in prison. On October 10, 2014, Susan was found innocent and finally reunited with her family after spending seventeen years wrongfully imprisoned. Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric talks exclusively with Ms. Mellen, her children, and hero-lawyer Deirdre O'Connor.

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