Mellen's youngest children were seven and nine when she was arrested.
Jessica has been engaged for eight years but has waited for her mother's release until she began planning the wedding and the pair now plan to go wedding dress shopping.
[From article]
A woman who spent 17 years in prison after being convicted of murder in the death of a homeless man was exonerated Friday by a Los Angeles County judge who said she should not spend another minute behind bars.
The courtroom burst into applause after Superior Court Judge Mark Arnold overturned the conviction of Susan Mellen, who was to be processed for release from the suburban Torrance courthouse.
Mellen had entered the courtroom in tears, and her children also wept.
[. . .]
Mellen's case was investigated by Deidre O'Connor, head of a project known as Innocence Matters that seeks to free people who are wrongly convicted.
O'Connor said in an earlier interview that she found that Mellen was convicted in 1998 of the 1997 killing based solely on the testimony of a notorious liar.
Mellen, a mother of three, was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2788356/Woman-exonerated-murder-case-17-years.html
Mother-of-three exonerated for the 1997 murder of a homeless man after spending SEVENTEEN years in prison
Susan Mellen was convicted in 1998 of murdering Richard Daly
Her conviction was based solely on one woman's testimony
That woman, June Patti, was a known drug addict and habitual liar
Ms Patti died in 2006 and on Friday a judge overturned Mellen's conviction
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 12:34 EST, 10 October 2014 | UPDATED: 09:48 EST, 11 October 2014
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