Ricky Jackson Release — Transcript

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1. 0:08All rise, please.
2. 0:10Be seated. Thank you.
3. 0:17We're here
4. 0:19in case
5. 0:21020536,
6. 0:23case of 1975.
7. 0:26It was in front of Judge George
8. 0:27McMonagle.
9. 0:29And uh there was a finding of guilty
10. 0:32at that point, and uh Mr. Jackson
11. 0:34actually was sentenced to death in the
12. 0:37uh
13. 0:38in the
14. 0:39penitentiary, and um
15. 0:41the appeals at least uh took that away
16. 0:44from
17. 0:45the state, but since then uh there's
18. 0:46been a motion for a new trial.
19. 0:48We had a hearing uh few days ago,
20. 0:51and the motion for a new trial was
21. 0:52granted.
22. 0:54And uh
23. 0:55Mr. Al-Awdah
24. 0:57Mr.
25. 0:58Rath the Assistant
26. 0:59Thank you.
27. 1:00Uh I'm on behalf of the state of Ohio
28. 1:01through the area with Mr. McGinty
29. 1:04uh said the other day the state of Ohio
30. 1:05at this time I make a motion to dismiss
31. 1:08the case.
32. 1:08All right. This case will be dismissed.
33. 1:11Uh Mr. Jackson, you're going to be free
34. 1:12to go.
35. 1:14Uh let me suggest to you that uh
36. 1:17life is filled with uh small victories,
37. 1:19and this is a big one.
38. 1:21Uh know who your friends are because
39. 1:23you're going to always going to want a
40. 1:24piece of you. You're going to trust the
41. 1:25people who you know you can trust.
42. 1:28So uh I wish you good luck.
43. 1:30Thank you. Thank you.
44. 1:30Okay. Good luck.
45. 1:32I like to thank you for conducting these
46. 1:34proceedings
47. 1:35in a fair and impartial manner.
48. 1:37And I also I would like to thank the
49. 1:39prosecutor's office for showing a lot of
50. 1:41integrity.
51. 1:42And you guys let the evidence be heard,
52. 1:44and you followed the evidence.
53. 1:46And I would like to thank
54. 1:49You know, you might not know it, but the
55. 1:50probation officer who interviewed you
56. 1:52after the verdict before was Mr.
57. 1:54McGinty,
58. 1:55who was the prosecutor who just uh
59. 1:57dismissed the case against you. So, like
60. 1:59that was a twist. But, everybody did a
61. 2:02good job here. I'm proud of everybody.
62. 2:03Thank you. That's all.
63. 2:05All right.
64. 2:37Okay.