Louisiana man walks free after three decades on death row

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A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row walked free yesterday after prosecutors asked a judge to set aside his first-degree murder conviction and death sentence, citing new evidence in the case that exonerated him.

Glenn Ford (64), a black man, was convicted by an all-white jury in the 1983 robbery and murder of Isadore Rozeman, a 56-year-old Shreveport watchmaker, who was found shot to death behind the counter of his jewellery shop.

Acting on new information that exonerated Mr Ford, a judge in Shreveport ordered him released from Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, where he has been held on death row since March 1985.

Mr Ford was released late yesterday afternoon, local media reported.

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[In_The_Wind]

1. So, he has his freedom but he's lost 30 years of his life.

Now he needs a home and an income.

Where will the help he needs come from?

[Bettie]

2. These stories always make me so sad

He's free now, but he lost years of his life for nothing.

I hope he gets some restitution to help him rebuild the life that was stolen from him.

[jsr]

3. Another tip of the iceberg

[malaise]

4. He's lucky they didn't execute him like that poor man who was accused of killing his

three kids in a fire. Both were not guilty.
This is seriously fucked up.