03-12-2014, 06:10 PM
WRONGFULLY CONVICTED DEATH ROW INMATE RELEASED AFTER 30 YEARS
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Glenn Ford, then and now
ANGOLA, La. - After 30 years behind bars -- most of them on death row -- a Louisiana man, Glenn Ford, walked free Tuesday night from the maximum security prison.
Ford, 64, had been on death row for the 1983 murder of Isadore Rozeman, a Shreveport jeweler and watchmaker for whom he did occasional yard work. He always maintained his innocence.
The state's motion to vacate Ford's conviction was based on new information that corroborated his claim that he was not present or involved in the crime. Prosecutors would not detail the new evidence, saying it could jeopardize their future case against the actual killer. (HOTD: He was fingered by the girlfriend of a man that he'd identified as a suspect in the case -- wondering if that's the dude who actually did it.)
When his conviction was finally vacated after 30 years, the news was welcomed by the family of the murder victim. Ford is one of the longest-serving death row inmates in modern American history to be exonerated and released, the Atlantic reports.
Under Louisiana law, those who have served time but are later exonerated are entitled to receive compensation. The law calls for payments of $25,000 per year of wrongful incarceration up to a maximum of $250,000, plus another $80,000 for loss of "life opportunities." (HOTD: that sounds fair, to me -- not excessive but enough to try to start over, though I won't blame Ford if he sues for more.)
Interesting full story:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/louisiana-de...-30-years/
Glenn Ford, then and now
ANGOLA, La. - After 30 years behind bars -- most of them on death row -- a Louisiana man, Glenn Ford, walked free Tuesday night from the maximum security prison.
Ford, 64, had been on death row for the 1983 murder of Isadore Rozeman, a Shreveport jeweler and watchmaker for whom he did occasional yard work. He always maintained his innocence.
The state's motion to vacate Ford's conviction was based on new information that corroborated his claim that he was not present or involved in the crime. Prosecutors would not detail the new evidence, saying it could jeopardize their future case against the actual killer. (HOTD: He was fingered by the girlfriend of a man that he'd identified as a suspect in the case -- wondering if that's the dude who actually did it.)
When his conviction was finally vacated after 30 years, the news was welcomed by the family of the murder victim. Ford is one of the longest-serving death row inmates in modern American history to be exonerated and released, the Atlantic reports.
Under Louisiana law, those who have served time but are later exonerated are entitled to receive compensation. The law calls for payments of $25,000 per year of wrongful incarceration up to a maximum of $250,000, plus another $80,000 for loss of "life opportunities." (HOTD: that sounds fair, to me -- not excessive but enough to try to start over, though I won't blame Ford if he sues for more.)
Interesting full story:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/louisiana-de...-30-years/