By Grant Rodgers
Des Moines Register
DES MOINES, IOWA — An Iowa inmate, once sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in her great-aunt’s murder, was released this morning after the state parole board granted her a “compassionate release” last week.
Kristina Joy Fetters, 33, entered prison at age 15 after her 1995 first-degree murder conviction. Doctors diagnosed Fetters with Stage 4 inoperable breast cancer in September after she experienced pain in her back that left her unable to walk.
Now in a Des Moines hospice facility, it could take some time to bring Fetters’ pain back to a manageable level, said Jamie Ross, a friend and one-time fellow inmate with Fetters. Ross has become a regular volunteer at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville and saw Fetters in the hospice facility after her release this morning.
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