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Eraina Pretty was 18 when she pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, use of a handgun and accessory after the fact. She is now 61 years old. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
After serving 42-years of a 60-year sentence, Maryland s longest-incarcerated woman prisoner, Eraina Pretty, is to be released from the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women.
The decision to free her came following a joint motion filed by University of Maryland attorneys Lila Meadows and Leigh Goodmark and the Baltimore City State s Attorney s Sentencing Review Unit, represented by Deputy State s Attorney Jan Bledsoe.
Subscribe We are grateful to [Baltimore City State s Attorney] Marilyn Mosby (D) and the Baltimore City State s Attorney s Office, who ultimately agreed that Ms. Pretty was worthy of the mercy the court exercised in her resentencing, Meadows and Goldmark said in a statement.
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BALTIMORE â Marylandâs longest-serving woman prisoner has been granted her release from jail.
A judge ruled in favor of a joint motion brought by Lawyers from the University of Maryland and the Baltimore City SAOâs Sentencing Review Unit (SRU), resulting in the release of Eraina Pretty.
Pretty pled guilty to 1st Degree Murder, Use of a Handgun in a Crime of Violence and Accessory After the Fact (in a different case) on September 19, 1978.
Pretty was 18 at the age of the crime and has served 42 years. The SRU was approached by Lila Meadows and Leigh Goodmark of University of Maryland Law School, who represent Pretty.