Mike Anderson Released
In 2000 Mike Anderson was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to 13 years in prison. But he never went to prison. Law enforcement should have picked Mike up, but for reasons that are still unclear, that never happened. So during those 13 years he turned his life around: he got married, became a father of four and started his own business. He never had another run-in with the law. The Missouri Department of Corrections only realized its mistake when they were preparing to release Mike
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Mike was rearrested and was in jail for about five months while the confusion was processed, but he ultimately walked free - the judge determined that his time had been served, and well served in his thirteen years of accidental freedom.
The prosecutor's office concurred.
Today's outcome appears to appropriately balance the facts as we understand them.
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Cornealious Michael Anderson III
This article about Mike Anderson is largely a dry recitation of the facts, which don't need to be amusingly told to be hilarious. It's also a great story - because everyone involved actually did the right thing - as confusing as the entire situation was.
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