Sunny Jacobs, a 78-year-old US citizen, has been identified as the woman who tragically died in a house fire in Connemara. Jacobs was previously wrongfully convicted of murdering two police officers in Florida in 1976. She spent a total of 17 years in prison, five of which were on death row. After regaining her freedom, Jacobs connected with Peter Pringle, another exonerated individual wrongfully imprisoned for the deaths of two gardaí, highlighting the pervasive issues of wrongful convictions in the justice system.
After 17 years in US prison and five on death row, Sunny Jacobs was wrongfully convicted of murdering two police officers in Florida in 1976.
Sonia 'Sunny' Jacobs, who passed away at 78, met fellow exonerated prisoner Peter Pringle, a connection born from their shared wrongful convictions.
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