Indianapolis, IN - Hope Rippey, one of four teenagers convicted in the 1992 murder of a 12-year-old girl was released Friday from an Indiana state women's prison. A judge sentenced Rippey to 40 years after the beating, strangling and burning of Shanda Sharer.

The state reduced Rippey's prison time based on good behavior, and the fact that she got her GED and bachelor's degree while in prison.

Shanda Sharer's mother has been fighting an early release for her daughter's killer for years. She knew this day would come, and she is angry with the system.

"I'm very angry. It should never have happened. The thing with Hope Rippey is that since the day she was sentenced, she's tried to get out. There have been three modification sentences for Hope. This was the third one and she should have never prevailed with this," said Jacque Vaught.