A 59-year old woman saw her life sentence overturned on Friday after a judge determined that she had been wrongfully convicted of a crime nearly two decades ago.

Susan Marie Mellen was all smiles in a Los Angeles courthouse Friday afternoon after it was announced that she was being released from prison. Earlier in the day, a judge determined that Mellen had been unjustly convicted of a crime that she didn’t commit back in the late 90s.

In 1997, Mellen was arrested and convicted of orchestrating the murder of a homeless man who happened to be her ex-boyfriend, according to the International Business Times. But there was no physical evidence linking Mellen to the murder. In fact, Mellen was convicted based solely off the witness testimony of a woman who was found out to be a habitual liar, according to the judge that freed Mellen. Mellen’s arresting officer was also found to have been involved in getting the wrongful convictions of two men that were ultimately found to be not guilty of any crimes.

After being convicted, Mellen was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Throughout the ordeal though, Mellen maintained her innocence, and she was finally exonerated thanks to the work of a project known as Innocence Matters. Innocence Matters is a group dedicated to getting wrongful convictions overturned and freeing those who are indeed innocent of the crimes that they are serving time for.

When the announcement came that Mellen was being freed, she was given the opportunity to speak. According to Fox News, not only did Mellen speak, but she also did a classic dance that was popularized a decade before she was convicted.

Mellen was greeted by her three adult-aged children, and her first grandchild that she had never met before. After being released from prison, Mellen said that she forgave all parties involved, including those that helped get her convicted. Now, she will look to make up for loss time with her children and family, and to properly get integrated into a society that she has not been a part of since the last millennium.