and millions more for an ignition switch defect that so far has been tied to 38 deaths, with that number expected to rise. and it came out that gm knew about the defect years earlier, while anderson was pleading guilty, but didn't tell her. after our first report, a judge agreed to hear her appeal. now her conviction has been overturned. her record cleared. >> do you feel free now? >> i do. i feel like a bigerate weight has been lifted off me. >> reporter: after a decade of agony, candace anderson is finally free. people in this town called you a murderer for a decade. >> uh-huh. it's a hard thing to get past. >> reporter: free from living a nightmare. >> i feel like i was robbed from a part of my life, a ten-year -- ten years is a decade. it's a long time. i feel robbed of part of my youth, where it was supposed to be fun. and -- making memories, you