ALJAZEERA: …Cornealious “Mike” Anderson was 23 when he was sentenced to 13 years in prison for his role in the 1999 robbery of a fast-food restaurant’s assistant manager. He told The Associated Press last month that he waited, and even asked about going to prison, but the order never came.
In the years since his conviction, Anderson started his own construction-related businesses, married and had children. He also coached youth football and volunteered at his church in Webster Groves, Missouri… (more)
Mississippi County Associate Circuit Judge Terry Lynn Brown needed just a 10-minute hearing before ruling that he was giving Anderson credit for time served for all 4,794 days between his conviction and when he was arrested in July 2013. The judge granted Anderson his immediate freedom… (more)
