- Michelle Byron, 57, was sentenced to death in 2000 after her physically abusive husband - who once made her drink rat poison - was killed
- The Mississippi woman maintained her innocence, and her son even confessed to the crime
- Her defense attorney 'did a horrible job', according to a former state Supreme Court justice who pushed for the case to be re-examined
- After her sentence was overturned just hours before her execution, Michelle finally walked free - and is adjusting to a new world outside
- Because she is still a felon and suffers from Lupus, it is unlikely that she will be able to find a job, and currently lives with her brother
"Someone who does not know the difference between good and evil is worth nothing." – Miecyslaw Kasprzyk, Polish rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust, New York Times, Jan. 30, 2005
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Woman who spent 15 YEARS on death row after being wrongly convicted of killing her abusive husband speaks out about the horror of her ordeal - and slams the judge who sentenced her
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