Patty Pruitt was convicted of murdering her husband.

Patty spent 38 and a half years for a crime she has always maintained she did not commit.

Finally, a free woman.

You literally had two hours warning before you walked out that prison door?

I walked out in prison clothes.

We were told it was burned in a fire. It was lost.

They actually found it. They did a testing for gunshot residue. Her hands were clean.

Dr. Phil, I had children. I could never give up.

This is a personal note. This is a night that I have been anticipating for years.

Patty Pruitt, a woman who has become a symbol of resilience and hope, is finally sitting in her own home, not behind prison bars, but as a free woman.

Patty spent 38 and a half years behind bars for a crime she has always maintained she did not commit,

the crime of murdering her husband Bill.

Just weeks ago on December 20th,

20, 24, Missouri Governor Mike Parson granted her clemency,

bringing her home after nearly four decades

of separation from her family.

I have followed her incredible story for years. Take a look.

It was like 2.30 in the morning. Someone entered our home, cut the phone lines, cut the power,

and murdered my dad. He was shot in bed with his own gun. My mom remembers being woken up by the man,

pulling her out of the bed by her hair.

The police found the gun in one of our pawns.

They looked at my mother as being the only suspect from the very beginning.

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