Glenn Ford: Fight continues after death of exonerated inmate — Transcript

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1. 0:01I had a chance to meet Glenn Ford at one
2. 0:04time he was the longest-serving death
3. 0:06row inmate in the country he was
4. 0:08exonerated after nearly 30 years at
5. 0:11Angola on death row I was one of the
6. 0:14last reporters to speak with him before
7. 0:16he died you see the reality is he was
8. 0:19free but really not free his 15 months
9. 0:23of Freedom was short-lived because of
10. 0:25terminal lung cancer during my
11. 0:27conversation with Glenn you could tell
12. 0:29he was in pain and he was tired
13. 0:32but the one thing that Glenn wanted
14. 0:34people to know is that he was indeed
15. 0:36innocent of killing a Shreveport Jeweler
16. 0:39back in the 1980s in fact he said he
17. 0:41knew Mr Isidore Rossman and often had
18. 0:44coffee with him
19. 0:45prosecutors agreed after getting new
20. 0:47information that Glenn did not kill Mr
21. 0:50Rossman but they still refused to pay
22. 0:53him the compensation they say he knew
23. 0:55about the crime and that he didn't call
24. 0:56police so in the end Glenn still fought
25. 1:00a death sentence with terminal lung
26. 1:02cancer on Monday he died peacefully
27. 1:05surrounded by people who cared for him
28. 1:07and people who loved him lawyers say
29. 1:10they will not give up the fight to get
30. 1:12Glenn the money he has owed even after
31. 1:15his death you see the state is fighting
32. 1:17that but Thursday night at six I'll
33. 1:19introduce you to a Texas woman a
34. 1:21national columnist who says it's time
35. 1:23for Louisiana to do the right thing and
36. 1:25give Glenn Ford his money even after
37. 1:28death and change their compensation laws
38. 1:31once and for all
39. 1:33join us for KSLA News 12 Thursday at six
40. 1:36o'clock