Glenn Ford

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	30
Year Crime:	1984
Year Convicted:	1984
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Louisiana
County or Region of Crime:	Caddo
City of Crime:	Shreveport
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Glenn Ford was wrongly convicted in December 1984 of first-degree murder in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Lousiana. Ford was sentenced to death. On March 10, 2014 a judge granted a motion by the prosecutors office to vacate Ford's conviction and dismiss his charges based on "credible evidence" of his innocence. In March 2015 Ford filed a federal civil rights lawsuit that named as defendants former and current Caddo Parish prosecutors, the city of Shreveport and several named and unnamed police department members, and the city's former coroner. Ford spent almost 30 years in Angola State Prison on death row. Ford was denied compensation by the State of Louisiana in March 2015 on the basis he had unclean hands concerning the crime because he knew the crime was going to happen, he destroyed evidence, and he tried to sell the murder weapon. Ford died from lung cancer at the age of 65 on June 29, 2015. Glenn Ford's estate pursued the compensation claim, and on April 13, 2016 the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal affirmed the lower court's ruling that Ford was not entitled to compensation for wrongful conviction because "Ford failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that he did not commit any crime based upon the facts used in his conviction." On October 10, 2016 the Lousiana Supreme Court declined to hear the case. Ford's federal civil rights lawsuit was pending as of October 2016."
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	"On March 10, 2014 a judge granted a motion by the prosecutors office to vacate Ford's conviction and dismiss his charges based on "credible evidence" of his innocence."
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Compensation Awarded:	Denied by State of Louisiana
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	35
Age When Released:	65
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Death row inmate Glenn Ford released 30 years after wrongful conviction, By Ed Pilkington (Staff), The Guardian (London, UK), March 12, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/12/death-row-inmate-glenn-ford-released-30-years-after-wrongful-conviction
Information Source 2:	"Glenn Ford, freed after 29 years on Angola's death row, suing for wrongful conviction and denied cancer treatment, By Jonathan Bullington (Staff writer), The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA), March 11, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/03/glenn_ford_exonerated_after_30.html
Information Source 3:	"Glenn Ford dead at 65; spent 30 years on death row after he was wrongfully convicted of murder, The Acadiana Advocate, June 29, 2015, "
Information Location 3:	http://theadvocate.com/news/acadiana/12782546-123/glenn-ford-dead-at-65
Information Source 4:	"Court of Appeal: Ford not entitled to compensation, By Lex Talamo (Staff writer), The Times (Shreveport, LA), April 13, 2016"
Information Location 4:	http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/breaking/2016/04/13/court-appeal-says-glenn-ford-not-entitled-compensation/82984254/
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Glenn Ford

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

30

Year Crime:

1984

Year Convicted:

1984

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Louisiana

County or Region of Crime:

Caddo

City of Crime:

Shreveport

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On March 10, 2014 a judge granted a motion by the prosecutors office to vacate Ford's conviction and dismiss his charges based on "credible evidence" of his innocence."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Denied by State of Louisiana

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

35

Age When Released:

65

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Death row inmate Glenn Ford released 30 years after wrongful conviction, By Ed Pilkington (Staff), The Guardian (London, UK), March 12, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/12/death-row-inmate-glenn-ford-released-30-years-after-wrongful-conviction

Information Source 2:

"Glenn Ford, freed after 29 years on Angola's death row, suing for wrongful conviction and denied cancer treatment, By Jonathan Bullington (Staff writer), The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA), March 11, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/03/glenn_ford_exonerated_after_30.html

Information Source 3:

"Glenn Ford dead at 65; spent 30 years on death row after he was wrongfully convicted of murder, The Acadiana Advocate, June 29, 2015, "

Information Location 3:

http://theadvocate.com/news/acadiana/12782546-123/glenn-ford-dead-at-65

Information Source 4:

"Court of Appeal: Ford not entitled to compensation, By Lex Talamo (Staff writer), The Times (Shreveport, LA), April 13, 2016"

Information Location 4:

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/breaking/2016/04/13/court-appeal-says-glenn-ford-not-entitled-compensation/82984254/

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