The district attorney's office in Cobb County, Georgia, admitted a critical error led to the wrongful arrest of 83-year-old Alice Cordell in Bartow County, where she spent six hours in a holding cell for a crime she didn't commit. Cordell's family told a local TV station they are now working to remove her mugshot from crime watch pages on social media. District Attorney Connie Allen says the name on the drug trafficking indictment should have been Alica Cordell. Allen said the mistake happened under her predecessor and, she says she is revising processes to prevent future mistakes and seeking to have Cordell's name removed from the case.
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