30 Years on Death Row: First interview with Glen Ford - Newsnight — Transcript

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1. 0:02well joining us now from New Orleans is
2. 0:05Glenn Ford what Mr Ford what's the best
3. 0:08thing about being
4. 0:12free I wouldn't know I I haven't felt
5. 0:14free yet you haven't it hasn't really
6. 0:17sunk in yet
7. 0:20everything's no everything's still
8. 0:23somewhat of a hassle still some with
9. 0:26strange what's been the most surprising
10. 0:29thing about coming outside after 30
11. 0:35years
12. 0:37technology everybody with these uh
13. 0:40celling phones
14. 0:41computers stuff things of that
15. 0:45nature now as I was
16. 0:48saying being arrested for a crime you
17. 0:51didn't commit being found guilty being
18. 0:53given the death penalty the death
19. 0:56sentence it's one of the worst things
20. 0:58anyone can imagine
21. 1:01do you stay angry the whole time or what
22. 1:07yeah no
23. 1:10well you get angry you be feeling
24. 1:14helpless but I never felt hopeless just
25. 1:18helpless
26. 1:20angry and don't know which way to go so
27. 1:23I couldn't do nothing but
28. 1:25waight were you angry all the
29. 1:28time
30. 1:31no I try to think of it at all I try to
31. 1:34keep my mind busy on other things what
32. 1:37did you keep your mind busy with I can
33. 1:39read do art
34. 1:41draw reading drawing playing chess
35. 1:44playing sedio anything that keep my mind
36. 1:49occupied doing things for somebody else
37. 1:51making whatever to occupy my mind that's
38. 1:54what I
39. 1:55did there must have been low points I
40. 1:58guess play a big part of that
41. 2:02yes it was quite a few low
42. 2:06points could you see was there a patent
43. 2:09to them I mean but it
44. 2:12was no well they would cause me to
45. 2:15withdraw with into myself for
46. 2:17months months and I lose contact with
47. 2:20people that I hadn't known yes months I
48. 2:23wouldn't WR anyone call
49. 2:28anyone what do you feel now about the
50. 2:30whole because
51. 2:33after sorry what do you what do you feel
52. 2:36now about about this way of
53. 2:38administering
54. 2:42Justice it's not
55. 2:44Justice it's not I don't know where
56. 2:47where the Justice come from I don't know
57. 2:48how you put Justice in what happened to
58. 2:51me but you know and in the Europe we we
59. 2:56don't have um we don't have capital
60. 2:58punishment here has it made you feel
61. 3:01differently about your country do you
62. 3:06think no I feel I feel the same about it
63. 3:09it's still it's a good country just got
64. 3:10some uh Twisted laws and Views and
65. 3:15understanding and routines that need to
66. 3:17change but the country is good I like
67. 3:19the
68. 3:20country what are you looking forward to
69. 3:23most
70. 3:27now to be reunited with my
71. 3:31family to see my sons my
72. 3:37grandsons I have family I've never seen
73. 3:44before thank you very much indeed I'm
74. 3:46interested in doing that soon
75. 3:49as thank you very much for your time
76. 3:51thank
77. 3:53[Music]
78. 3:55you