A 74-year-old woman was released from prison in California on Tuesday after serving 32 years for a crime she did not commit, ABC News reported.

In 1981, Mary Virginia Jones was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and robbery and sentenced to life without parole alongside her abusive boyfriend, Mose Willis, who died on death row. 

Willis allegedly kidnapped two men and held Jones at gunpoint to drive them to an alley somewhere in Los Angeles, where Willis fatally shot each man. Jones ran away from the scene and was arrested a few days later.

According to ABC News, law students at the University of Southern California's Post-Conviction Justice Project decided to challenge her case, arguing that a jury would not have convicted Jones had they learned about impact of domestic relationships. 

The law students also claimed Willis opened fire at one of Jones' daughters and threatened to kill them if they went to police.

After Los Angeles County prosecutors looked into the case again, they decided to accept a plea of no contest for involuntary manslaughter.

Denitra Jones-Goodie, 53, told the Los Angeles Times that she always knew her mother would be released.

"She's got strength on top of strength," she said.