Carmen Mejia was exonerated after 22 years in prison for a murder she did not commit, when new evidence established that the death of a 10-month-old infant in her care was a tragic accident caused by ...

An Austin woman who spent more than 20 years in prison for the death of an infant -- a crime she did not commit -- will not ...

A Travis County woman wrongfully convicted of murder is now a free woman. She spent more than 20 years behind bars and then faced the threat of deportation.

A Texas mother who spent the last 22 years in prison was exonerated Monday in the 2003 death of a 10-month-old boy who was ...

Carmen Mejia, a Honduran immigrant who was sentenced to life in prison for the 2003 scalding death of an infant in her care, was formally declared innocent in an Austin courtroom on Monday. “I’m now ...

Hosted and produced by Linda Freund for KPFA Documentary filmmaker Linda Freund tells the story of Sabrina Butler-Smith, the first woman exonerated from death row in the United States. At 18, Sabrina ...

The number of incarcerated women has increased by more than 600% since 1980. And the pathway to exoneration for wrongfully convicted women is different — and more daunting — than it is for men. That’s ...

Carmen Mejia, who spent 22 years in prison over the death of a 10-month-old boy in her care, has been freed after her exoneration.

Carmen Mejia, an Austin mother exonerated after 23 years in prison, was released from jail after federal officials lifted an immigration detainer.