Sneak peek: Ryan Ferguson @LifeAfterTen — Transcript

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1. 0:07[Music]
2. 0:10I haven't had time to actually think
3. 0:11about what it is to be free, what it
4. 0:13means to be free, what it is to have
5. 0:15this life back.
6. 0:17[Applause]
7. 0:22I get out and it's such a different
8. 0:24world. There's so much more going on.
9. 0:26I'm ready for anything really. I kind of
10. 0:28want some Dairy Queen.
11. 0:34All right, please.
12. 0:40I'm Erin Morardi. I've been following
13. 0:43the case of Ryan Ferguson since 2005
14. 0:47when he went on trial for the murder of
15. 0:49newspaper sports editor Kent Heightold.
16. 0:52From the beginning, there was just
17. 0:54something not right about this case.
18. 1:01There is no physical evidence whatsoever
19. 1:03to connect Ryan to the crime scene.
20. 1:06[Music]
21. 1:08Recording this will be Detective
22. 1:10Strower.
23. 1:13A lot of it's kind of foggy, kind of
24. 1:15fuzzy to you as to what you remember.
25. 1:19Your honor, the state calls Charles
26. 1:22Ericson. I looked up
27. 1:25and Ryan was over the victim. He had his
28. 1:29foot on his back and he was pulling up
29. 1:30on the belt.
30. 1:33The reality is that he chose to lie
31. 1:36about me.
32. 1:38Asked to count one guilty of murder in
33. 1:40the second degree.
34. 1:44It just sucked the air right out of us.
35. 1:48We were absolutely devastated.
36. 1:54Love you.
37. 1:56Ryan Ferguson never should have been
38. 1:58tried for this murder.
39. 2:00[Music]
40. 2:02This case is full of holes. It's just
41. 2:05full of holes. Ryan Ferguson is actually
42. 2:09innocent.
43. 2:11I think I saw Ryan. It is. Oh my god. I
44. 2:14It's there. Oh my gosh. Look at
45. 2:18You cannot get better than that.
46. 2:22Oh my god.
47. 2:25[Applause]
48. 2:31I think I've proven my innocence. I
49. 2:32think most people in the world in the
50. 2:34whole world can see that.
51. 2:39End of story. Not yet. Not for Ryan
52. 2:43Ferguson. It's very daunting. You don't
53. 2:45know what you're doing in this world and
54. 2:47you don't know how to navigate it and
55. 2:48operate in it. and not for his accuser.
56. 2:52It was really easy for the police and
57. 2:55the prosecutors to manipulate me. I'm
58. 2:58angry. I'm angry at myself. I feel like
59. 3:02I've been played for a fool and I feel
60. 3:04like I should be released from prison. I
61. 3:06know that Charles Ericson is absolutely
62. 3:09innocent. When you've got innocent
63. 3:11people locked up, you've got the
64. 3:13murderer still on the street.
65. 3:15They need to find the real killer.