A 35-year-old woman who has lived behind bars since she was 15 could be released in the wake of a recent Georgia Supreme Court decision that reversed her murder conviction.
Melissa Norris’ appellate attorney, Rodney Zell, said what happens next will be up to the prosecutor. Options are to try the case again, negotiate a plea to involuntary manslaughter—the maximum sentence for which, 10 years, Norris completed long ago —or simply to set her free.
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