He was freed after 19 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Then came the COVID lockdown
Skip to main content Currently Reading He was freed after 19 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Then came the COVID lockdown FacebookTwitterEmail March has brought both sorrow and salvation for Jeremy Puckett. Consider his history: On March 14, 2002, Puckett, then 25, was sentenced to life in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. The victim’s body had been discovered on a Rancho Cordova (Sacramento County) road four years earlier, to the date. Puckett proclaimed his innocence for two decades, but justice — true justice — didn’t come until March 13, 2020. On that date, Pu...