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03-12-2014, 08:25 AM
Glenn Ford freed after spending 26 year on death row for a crime he did not commit
AP
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Free after decades ... State District Judge Ramona Emanuel voided Glenn Ford's conviction and sentence based on new information that corroborated his claim that he was not present or involved in the murder. Source: AP
MAN who spent nearly 26 years on death row in Louisiana walked free of prison hours after a judge approved the state's motion to vacate the man's murder conviction in the 1983 killing of a jeweller.
Glenn Ford, 64, had been on death row since August 1988 in connection with the death of 56-year-old Isadore Rozeman, a jeweller and watchmaker for whom Ford had done occasional yard work. Ford had always denied killing Rozeman.
Ford walked out the maximum security prison at Angola on Tuesday afternoon, said Pam Laborde, a spokeswoman for Louisiana's Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
Asked as he walked away from the prison gates about his release, Ford told WAFB-TV, "It feels good; my mind is going in all kind of directions. It feels good."
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AP
http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2014/03/13/1226853/071481-a1b4b74e-a9e7-11e3-9a89-1de6a43f024e.jpg
Free after decades ... State District Judge Ramona Emanuel voided Glenn Ford's conviction and sentence based on new information that corroborated his claim that he was not present or involved in the murder. Source: AP
MAN who spent nearly 26 years on death row in Louisiana walked free of prison hours after a judge approved the state's motion to vacate the man's murder conviction in the 1983 killing of a jeweller.
Glenn Ford, 64, had been on death row since August 1988 in connection with the death of 56-year-old Isadore Rozeman, a jeweller and watchmaker for whom Ford had done occasional yard work. Ford had always denied killing Rozeman.
Ford walked out the maximum security prison at Angola on Tuesday afternoon, said Pam Laborde, a spokeswoman for Louisiana's Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
Asked as he walked away from the prison gates about his release, Ford told WAFB-TV, "It feels good; my mind is going in all kind of directions. It feels good."
Continued... (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/glenn-ford-freed-after-spending-26-year-on-death-row-for-a-crime-he-did-not-commit/story-fni0xs61-1226853071559)