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Sally Clark and Roy Meadow

Sally Clark spent three years in prison for one of the worst crimes society can imagine. When she was finally released, there was little left of the confident, self-assured woman Mike Meckinew. Four years after that, Sally was dead. Those close to her said she had died of a broken heart. And this is why this is a story of profound, almost unimaginable sadness. But what of Roy Meadow? A few months after the successful appeal of Sally Clark, Tripty Patel is freed. Then Angela Cannings convicted of smothering her two children has her conviction overturned. These were not wicked women who had done the unthinkable. It was coincidence, tragic, horrifying

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