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Cornealious Michael "Mike" Anderson III (born c. 1977) is an American convict whose case became nationally known when it was discovered (when he was due to be released) that, due to a clerical error, he was never imprisoned. Anderson was convicted of armed robbery in 2000 and sentenced to 13 years in the Missouri state prison system.〔 Shortly after his conviction he was released on bail pending the outcome of an appeal of his conviction.〔 In May 2002, his appeal was rejected〔 but, due to a clerical error, his bond was not revoked when a warrant was issued for his arrest.〔 It was unclear why he was not arrested and imprisoned to serve his 13-year sentence, but, apparently due to clerical errors and miscommunication, the Missouri Department of Corrections thought he was already in prison.〔 The error was only discovered when he was scheduled to be released from prison in 2013.〔〔 On July 25, 2013 he was arrested and required to serve his 13-year sentence.〔〔 The case stirred controversy when investigative articles were written by Jessica Lussenhop in the ''Riverfront Times'' newspaper and when his case was covered nationally in the United States in an episode of ''This American Life''. By April 2014, his case began receiving extensive national〔〔〔〔 and international〔〔〔 attention. These articles and episode raised the question of whether he should be returned to prison 13 years after his conviction especially since the victim of his crime did not believe he should be in prison.〔〔〔 Anderson's attorney filed several appeals and petitions for his release from prison, and on May 5, 2014 Anderson was released from prison.〔 In 2014, he was arrested for another crime, but subsequent videotape evidence showed that he could not have committed the crime and charges were dropped with an apology by Circuit Attorney Jennifer M. Joyce. ==Robbery and conviction== On August 15, 1999 in St. Charles, Missouri, Anderson and a companion robbed a Burger King manager at gunpoint of approximately $2,000 while he was attempting to deposit the money in a night deposit box at a bank. A witness observed Anderson and his companion leaving in a car and reported the license plate number to the police. When the police ran the number, they found that it was registered to 22-year-old Cornealious Michael Anderson. The next day, St. Charles police found Anderson's car in a parking lot about a mile from the bank, but they did not catch him until two months later, when he was found hiding in his girlfriend's apartment.〔 In March 2000, Anderson's jury trial for armed robbery began. Although police never recovered a weapon, they searched Anderson's apartment and found an advertisement brochure for Beretta semiautomatic pistols.〔 The St. Charles prosecutor in the case used the brochure to argue that although no weapon was found, Anderson owned a gun.〔 The jury returned a verdict of guilty and Anderson was sentenced to a total of 13 years in prison.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cornealious Michael Anderson III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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