'Tense moment terminally ill man, 65, who spent 30 years on death row for a murder he didn't commit met the former prosecutor who put him there' ..This is one of the saddest stories of exoneration l have read in a long time...l don't blame him for not forgiving.. By Lydia Warren For Dailymail.com 20 Apr 2015 - Marty Stroud admitted in a letter published in a Louisiana newspaper last month that he was to blame for putting Glenn Ford behind bars in 1983 -Stroud: 'I was not as interested in justice as I was in winning' -Ford, now 65, was freed a year ago after evidence emerged showing he was not at the scene of the murder and has since been living on donations -He has also been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and has months to live The story... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-death-row-meets-former-prosecutor-there.html
He didn't follow through on other suspects. Disbarrment, at the least. Doubt he can be prosecuted. But he has to live with it on his conscious. Can you believe the judge wouldn't compensate him. I want to donate something...wonder if there is a link online.
Glad the judge feels he doesn't have to do anything outside of bang his gavel. Fuck him too. This a god damn shame. 'Right,' Ford responded, without looking up. 'But it still cost me 31 years of my life and then nothing at the end but death because they give me from six to eight months to live.' Fucking hell.
what conscious? If he had one he wouldn't have done what he did. Prosecutors don't have souls...much less a conscious.
You have to wonder how long before vigilante justice starts to happen when shit like this keeps happening. In country with more guns than people and everyone willing to share their information on the internet, how long before shit starts to get messy.
Once you're in the criminal justice system as a Black man, the only 'justice' you'll get is how much you can afford to pay a lawyer. They treated this man's life like it was literally trash; when he was arrested, convicted, incarcerated and subsequently freed. So many evil people in this world. You literally hold the fate of someone's life in your hands and you don't care about being RIGHT??? That judge needs to have more happen to him than being disbarred.:smt071 This same shit has been going on for centuries and people still don't believe it when Black people tell them the entire criminal justice system is rigged if you're skin is the wrong color. I hate reading stuff like this.
I'm sure people believe it but as long as they're save why would they care. Everything in this world is about self preservation and self advancement very few things are about doing what's "right"
That jumped out at me as well. Dude kept it 100. Nothing more to say. He was complicit in destroying his life. Too little, too late, asshole.
Glenn Ford, exonerated death row inmate, dies RIP http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...rd-exonerated-death-row-inmate-dies/29489433/ SHREVEPORT, La. — Glenn Ford, who was exonerated last year after spending nearly 30 years of his life on death row for a crime he did not commit, died of lung cancer Monday, the Innocence Project New Orleans announced. He was 65. According to a news release, Ford died surrounded by friends and family at 2:11 a.m. CT in New Orleans. Ford's wrongful conviction would reignite national discussion about the death penalty after Shreveport Attorney A.M. "Marty" Stroud III, the lead prosecutor in Ford's trial, penned a letter apologizing for his role in Ford's conviction. Stroud also would call for the abolition of the death penalty. "In 1984, I was 33 years old. I was arrogant, judgmental, narcissistic and very full of myself. I was not as interested in justice as I was in winning," Stroud wrote in a letter that would go viral. The two would later meet face-to-face. In 1984, Ford was convicted of and sentenced to die for the Nov. 5, 1983, death of Shreveport jeweler Isadore Rozeman. Rozeman had been robbed and killed in his Stoner Hill shop. Ford was 33 at the time of his conviction. According to the Innocence Project New Orleans, Ford spent 29 years, three months and five days of his life in solitary confinement on death row at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. On March 10, 2014, Ford was exonerated. He had been the longest-serving death row inmate in the United States at the time of his release. The state of Louisiana gave him $20 for a bus ride home from prison but has denied him further compensation under the state's wrongful conviction compensation statute, the Innocence Project New Orleans said. And not long after his release, Ford was diagnosed with lung cancer. Ford was born Oct. 22, 1949, in Shreveport. He was raised by a grandmother in California and would later return to Shreveport. According to a news release, several of Ford's grandchildren, who live in California, were able to visit him. A memorial will be held later at Charbonnet Funeral Home in New Orleans, the Innocence Project New Orleans said.
What does this mean? state's wrongful conviction compensation statute Does this mean there is a Law for no compensation or rules to qualify for compensation? Because I'm confused how he wasn't legally entitled to recompense if the person that prosecuted him then, realised he wasn't doing his job properly at the time.
For these "idealistic" prosecutors, it is somewhat a license to steal if they won. They ignore the real facts and proceed with their arguments while trying to look good before the court. If they win, they make the big time and gain status. It is very political and personal. In their minds, there has to be a winner and a loser. Since they represent the people, they cannot afford to lose. This is where the end always justifies the means.
The current prosecutors attached to the case are claiming that he knew robbery was going to take place and failed to warn the authorities in spite of the fact that they've conceded that there was no evidence that he took part in the crime or was an accessory after the fact. That was sufficient cause to deny him compensation.
Oh well sounds a lot like our Justice system now "twisted" no such thing as legal aid here now. Watch out poor man, make sure you aren't in the wrong place at the wrong time. Fucked up Dickensian shit.
I totally understand his unwillingness to forgive. This prosecutor has stolen his life. He doesn't owe them forgiveness or anything else for that matter. A damned shame. R.I.P.
This prosecutor saw Ford only as a suspect who is to be tried and sentenced. He was not viewed as one of the 'people.' Ford was another notch in the belt.
