Clerical Error Lets Man Convicted Of Robbery Go Free For 13 Years. He Gets Married & Has 4 Kids. Now He's Been Arrested & May Serve The Time. Should He? [Video]

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A Missouri man is waiting to hear whether or not he will have to serve time for a crime he was convicted of in 2000.

St. Louis resident Cornealious "Mike" Anderson was convicted of the armed robbery of a Burger King manager and was sentenced to 13 years in prison. He posted bail, went home and waited for authorities to contact him to let him know where to report to begin his sentence.

The call never came. Meanwhile Anderson moved on with his life. He got married, had four kids, joined a church, stayed out of trouble with the law and started a contracting business. He continued living in the St. Louis area.

Last summer state prison officials started processing the paperwork for Anderson's release when they realized he wasn't incarcerated.

A team of Swat members were sent to Anderson's home and took him into custody.

Cornealious "Mike" Anderson

Anderson and his wife, LaQonna, are hoping by some miracle the Attorney General decides not to make him serve the time he was originally sentenced to.

LaQonna Anderson wants her husband freed

"I'm hoping that there is a way for them to save face while still allowing him to stay free," Patrick Michael Megaro, Anderson's attorney, told the New York Daily News on Tuesday. "He's no legal expert. He relied on his lawyer. This man is not a fugitive. He didn't try to hide."

An online petition has been started at change.org in the hopes Anderson will be freed. So far it has gathered more than 18,742 signatures.

Should Anderson still have to spend 13 years in prison?