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Hey everyone. Today is a special episode.

We have a huge breakthrough in the Sandra Hemmy case, and Judge Ryan Horstman has overturned Sandra Hemey's conviction.

I'm in Nicaragua, staying at a home that's high up in the jungle, and I'm searching for a place on the porch where I can get decent Wi-Fi.

I didn't expect to hear the news this quickly.

We were estimating mid-July.

But as soon as the tracking notification from the Missouri court system pops in my inbox, I reach out to Sean O'Brien.

He's on Sandy's local council for the Innocence Project, and he tells me in an

email that Judge Horstman ruled in our favor. There's an exclamation point at the end of that

sentence. He also said, we filed a motion to release her last night. Now we wait for the judge to rule.

We immediately reached out to Rick Hardigan upon finding out this news.

He was the first to report on police withholding evidence, evidence now known to link former

police officer Michael Holman to the murder. Rick received threats at the time for this reporting.

First, I mean, I know that the first reaction should be I'm overjoyed by this, but really, after that initial thought, it's kind of like I'd like to hear someone in authority say I'm sorry.

If you've been following along, you know that this is the moment we've been waiting for throughout the season.

But if you're just joining us, here's a quick recap.

Sandra, or Sandy Hemmy, has been serving the past four-plus decades in prison for a murder that was likely committed by a St. Joseph police officer.

On November 12, 1980, Patricia Jeske's body was found on the

floor of her apartment in St. Joseph, Missouri. Sandy had no connection to the victim, and at the time,

was a psychiatric patient at the St. Joseph State Hospital. Sandy was interrogated multiple times

by police at the hospital, and despite no physical,

forensic, or eyewitness evidence linking her to the crime, Sandy spent most of her life behind bars.

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