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Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Exonerated Angola prisoner dies after nearly 30 years in solitary confinement

A man who was exonerated after spending nearly 30 years on death row in Louisiana died just over a year after his release. Glenn Ford died Monday June 29th after a battle with lung cancer. He was 65.
Ford was convicted of first-degree murder in 1984 but was exonerated in March 2014.

Ford would have still been on death row if not for a confidential informant who told police in 2013 that someone else confessed to him about the murder that Ford was accused of committing.


Lawyer and friend William Most told ABC News Ford was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer several months after being released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Most said that it quickly progressed to stage 4 and spread to his bones.
"He was a really inspirational person and ... I'd even heard that he inspired people that had no connection to him," Most said.
Ford was featured on ABC News’ ”Nightline” in April and agreed to meet with the prosecutor who put him behind bars, who wrote an open apology letter after Ford was exonerated. But Ford said at the time that he was unable to forgive him.
When he left prison in 2014, Most said Ford, then 64, only had $20 to his name. He had been living in a home provided by Resurrection after Exoneration, a group dedicated to helping prison exonerees.
Ford was involved in three lawsuits at the time of his death, two federal suits for which Most was representing him and one state suit. The federal suits were for compensation for his wrongful imprisonment and inadequate health treatment, and the state suit was a separate compensation suit.
Though he never married, the suit will continue and his children could stand to benefit from any rewards from the court, Most said.
Ford had several children, many of whom live in California, and more than 10 grandchildren at the time of his death. Most said Ford was able to visit California since being released from prison and one of his sons came to Louisiana to see him before he died.
Though they were located in the same prison and overlapped by several decades, Ford was not a member of the Angola Three, a group of three prisoners who were put in solitary confinement ranging from 29 to 43 years.
Ford spent 29 years, three months and five days in solitary confinement in the prison, Most said in a news release confirming Ford's death
ABC News

41 comments:

Davido's driver said...

May his soul rip

Davido's driver said...

Life is just a pot of beans

flimgee said...

RIP

Anonymous said...

How sad

Unknown said...

In peace may his soul rest.

Unknown said...

So sad. May his soul RIP

Unknown said...

Such a sad tale. I believe he's in a better place now. Rest in Peace Ford.



#TeamBlessed#

Unknown said...

God forbid

Ladun Liadi said...

America keeps going on about its nice justice system, how is 43yrs solitary not cruel and unusual punishment? They got no human rights moral high ground.

Unknown said...

Whoaàa so sad

Unknown said...

Oooooooooooh my...!

Eeya!
Sorry o
May I not die on d verge of my success

Unknown said...

RIP Ford

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

So sad!

Jasmine Joseph said...

Imagine wickedness, they just killed dis man. Who knows may be if he hadn't gone to prison he won't have even gotten ill in d first place

Jasmine Joseph said...

Imagine wickedness, they just killed dis man. Who knows may be if he hadn't gone to prison he won't have even gotten ill in d first place

Jasmine Joseph said...

Imagine wickedness, they just killed dis man. Who knows may be if he hadn't gone to prison he won't have even gotten ill in d first place

Jasmine Joseph said...

Imagine wickedness, they just killed dis man. Who knows may be if he hadn't gone to prison he won't have even gotten ill in d first place

Jasmine Joseph said...

Imagine wickedness, they just killed dis man. Who knows may be if he hadn't gone to prison he won't have even gotten ill in d first place

Unknown said...

Chai! Dis is so sad. May his soul rest in peace. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Chai! Dis is so sad. May his soul rest in peace. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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Dude never enjoyed his life on this earth.... May his soul RIP.....

yawanow said...

sad. May his soul rest in peace.

Unknown said...

Very sad..Rip



~make I go take one bottle of beer~

Unknown said...

But why this useless police treat black people anyhow, u arrest without proper investigation , and believe me this happen mostly to black in american

Unknown said...

What an unjust world #sad#

Unknown said...

Chai! Mtcheww! Speechless.

Unknown said...

RIP

Unknown said...

just because he black, and at the wrong place at the wrong time dats all...the things

Unknown said...

So sad!!!

Jules said...

Eyaaa...may his soul RIPP

Anonymous said...

Heya, RIP.
~D great anonymous!

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Unknown said...

OH LORD..such long imprisonment for a crime one is innocent of.
at the end of it all you suffer the stress all long court hearing and proceedings just to get compensation after being exonerated. Lord have mercy and grant him peace. Amen

ary said...

Wasted life, wasted years.

Anonymous said...

Eya so painful. May his soul rest in perfect peace. Amen.

Emmynado said...

Mhen! Wht a wasted life... Save us Lord

Anonymous said...

So Sad. Life wasnt fair to him. However, I think we all should be careful about where we go, who we associate with and that may have tied him to this case.

Anonymous said...

SO THYE HAVE TO TAKE THE GOVT TO COURT TO PAY RESTITUTION?? NA WA O

Anonymous said...

...Full of fart and what not. It's a pity.

Unknown said...

This is disheartening! May his soul rest in peace....

Unknown said...

So sad, RIP

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