Man May Go to Prison 13 Years After Sentencing

A Missouri man who was convicted of armed robbery waited 13 years for the authorities to give him a date to surrender—only that day never came, Today reported. Mike Anderson, thinking the state courts had changed their mind on his conviction, got married, opened a business, coached youth football and started a new life. Then last summer, when his sentence was supposed to end, police discovered that he had served no time and arrested him at his home. Now he's fighting for his release, saying the mix up was the state's fault and not his.

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