Judge Frees Cornealious Anderson - the man jailed 13 years late because of clerical error [View all]

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Nightmare over: Anderson, his grandmother (left), wife LaQonna (right) and daughter Nevaeh walk down the stairs and out of court today

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'You are good. And changed': Judge FREES man who was jailed 13-years late because of a clerical error - by which time he'd become a decent, upstanding family man

Cornealious Anderson was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2000 after he robbed from a fast-food restaurant
He waited for a summons to report to prison but never received one
Anderson went on to get married, have children and start a construction business
Last year, when authorities realized the clerical error, eight U.S. marshals showed up at his house in a middle-class neighborhood to arrest him
But on Monday, a Missouri judge ordered him free citing his 'exemplary' behavior in the 13 years since his conviction


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