There were tears of joy Wednesday when an Oklahoma County judge agreed to release Theresa Lee Hernandez from prison.
Even a prosecutor said Hernandez, 32, is a different person than she was a year ago, when she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2004 death of her son, who was stillborn with methamphetamine in his system.
Hernandez, who had to be consoled in December after the judge sentenced her to 15 years in prison, won an early release by taking advantage of the programs available to her behind bars.
"She has done absolutely everything that I would have wanted her to do,” Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater said.
The county’s top prosecutor joined Hernandez’s attorneys in
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