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UpdatedThu, Dec 17, 2020 at 7:41 pm ET Reply 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, Marylands 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 last updated 2020-12-14 14:31:19-05 BALTIMORE — Maryland’s 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 SAO’s 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....