Jessica Wongso released on parole after 8 years in prison – Society

Jessica's lawyer Otto Hasibuan said her client was released early after being sentenced to nearly five years for “good behavior.”

Jessica is now required to report regularly to probation officers at a detention center in East Jakarta until 2032, he added.

Otto further said that Jessica plans to seek a judicial review of her verdict and claimed that his team had found several new pieces of evidence in this high-profile case.

“We have discussed this matter with Jessica. We respect the court's decision […] but we feel that the verdict does not match our version of events, so we will seek to initiate a judicial review,” he said on Sunday, as reported Compass.

In October 2016, the Central Jakarta District Court found Jessica guilty of premeditated murder for spiking Mirna's coffee with cyanide. However, Jessica, then 27, maintained that she was innocent.

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The incident, widely referred to as the “cyanide coffee case” because of Mirna's possible cause of death, sparked a media circus for months and attracted millions of viewers on national television.