- Jan 29, 2007
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A US man, who authorities forgot to send to prison for 13 years, has been released after 10 months behind bars.
Cornealious ``Mike'' Anderson was sentenced in 2000 for armed robbery but only sent to prison in July last year.
In that time he got married twice, had children and started several businesses.
He said he made no attempt to hide his identity from the authorities, and even reminded them about his sentence.
Anderson said he was "very happy" after being released on Monday.
"My faith has always been in God, I'm just so thankful, thank God for everything," he said after the verdict.
Judge Terry Lynn Brown praised Anderson's behaviour since his conviction, saying: "You've been a good father. You've been a good husband. You've been a good taxpaying citizen of the state of Missouri.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27285840