dennis murphy (voiceover): sandra melgar stood to learn her fate. ean melgar, guilty of murder as charged in the indictment. dennis murphy (voiceover): sandra collapsed into her chair, sobbing. liz, beyond devastated, grasped for her mother as she was led away. it sucked the life out of me. i just felt the room spin. and i just felt like my world was collapsing. we just could not believe it. could not believe that this was happening to her. dennis murphy (voiceover): to prosecutor barnett, this was justice, both for the state and for jamie melgar. she's committed a crime. and they found her guilty, and i'm glad. i've done my job, and justice has been served. dennis murphy (voiceover): the jury sentenced sandra to 27 years in prison. her lawyers filed appeals. and in late 2022, the innocence project of texas took on the case and is now working to have the conviction overturned. from behind bars, sandra wrote us this letter, saying, she's at peace because she knows she's innocent. her family supports her, so she's not giving up. and liz? well, she and