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Lynch believes she deserves answers about whether law enforcement knew her conviction was based on a false theory. “Because the grave injustice I went through — that you people put me through — someone needs to know.”

Lynch’s lead attorney knew knew she had a legal and ethical obligation to prioritize the exoneration. But, she said, “As a lawyer, it's so hard to tell innocent people to swallow these pills, and that the truth doesn’t matter.”

After months of negotiations, the Erie DA’s office agreed not to fight her exoneration motion. But the office made it clear: She had to abandon her claims of prosecutorial misconduct.

Lynch’s attorneys also came to suspect that the original prosecutor may have known at the time of Lynch’s trial that her accomplice could not have committed the crime, calling into question her entire confession ...

In 1995, after her landlord was killed, police interrogated Lynch. She says they pressured her into a false confession—and then used it to convict her.

Years later, a reinvestigation uncovered exculpatory evidence withheld from the defense. DNA testing also ruled her out.