Carmen Mejia: Woman wrongfully convicted of murder in 2005 stuck in custody due to ICE detainer

The Brief

  • Travis County woman wrongfully convicted of murder in 2005 officially declared innocent
  • Her conviction was overturned in January
  • Carmen Mejia remains in custody on an ICE detainer

AUSTIN, Texas A Travis County woman wrongfully convicted of murder in 2005 has now been officially declared innocent after a decades-long legal battle, but immigration enforcement is now standing in her way.

Carmen Mejia was supposed to walk free Monday after being exonerated; instead she remains in custody under an ICE detainer.

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