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December 15, 2020

Eraina Pretty, Maryland's Longest-Serving Woman Prisoner, Released
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Maryland's longest-serving female prisoner was ordered released on
Monday. Eraina Pretty has been locked up for 42 years. She contracted
COVID-19 earlier this year. The 61-year-old woman entered prison as an
18-year-old after she was convicted of being an accomplice in two
murders. In 2015, she spoke to ABC News.

Eraina Pretty: "In 2003, I wrote Governor Ehrlich and asked him for
lethal injection."

Diane Sawyer: "You asked?"

Eraina Pretty: "Yes, because of the victim's family and everybody. I
wanted them to know that I was sorry for the crime that I had
committed."



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