Woman freed after spending 20 years in prison for 'satanic ritual child abuse'

A Texas day care center owner who spent more than 20 years in prison for sexually abusing children in satanic rituals has been released after it emerged medical testimony that helped convict her was wrong.

Frances Keller, 63, was released on bond late Tuesday night and her husband, Dan Keller, 71, who was convicted at the same time, will be released within a week in a deal reached with lawyers for the two, the Travis County district attorney's office said.

'There is a reasonable likelihood that (the medical expert's) false testimony affected the judgment of the jury and violated Frances Keller's right to a fair trial,' Rosemary Lehmberg, the district attorney for Travis County, which is located in central Texas and includes the city of Austin, said in a statement.

source: Article 'Woman freed after spending 20 years in prison for satanic ritual child abuse as evidence ruled to be faulty' by Alex Ward; www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2514245/Woman-freed-spending-20-years-prison-satanic-ritual-child-abuse-evidence-ruled-faulty.html; Mail Online; 27 November 2013 (updated 28 November 2013)