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Convicted killer, 73, to be freed over COVID-19 fears

| April 22, 2020 12:03 AM

VISTA, Calif. (AP) — A 73-year-old Southern California woman who has spent nearly two decades in prison for killing her husband will be released while fighting her conviction because her health may be at risk from the coronavirus if she remains behind bars, a judge ruled.

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