A Missouri appellate court ruled that a lower court was right when it decided to overturn the murder conviction​ of a woman who spent 43 years behind bars for a killing her lawyers argue was committed by a discredited police officer.

The Missouri Court of Appeals Tuesday rejected all arguments from state Attorney General Andrew Bailey to return Hemme to prison. Hemme served 43 years in prison — more time than any other wrongly convicted woman in the U.

The Missouri Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday in the innocence case of Sandra Hemme, who served 43 years in prison — more time than any other wrongly convicted woman in the U.S.