Glenn Ford was exonerated and released last year after spending 30 years on Louisiana’s Death Row. The man who prosecuted him says he was responsible for the wrongful conviction, according to The Crime Report,
Former prosecutor A.M. “Marty” Stroud said in a letter to the Shreveport Times he was “arrogant, judgmental, narcissistic and very full of myself. I was not interested in justice; I was interested in winning.”
When Ford was released from Angola State Prison, he was given a $20 gift card but denied any further compensation by the state of Louisiana for his wrongful conviction.
Just weeks after Ford’s release he was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. According to John Thompson, who was also exonerated, Ford died destitute just 14 months later.
Stroud urged the state to pay Ford for his wrongful conviction and 30 years of incarceration in barbaric conditions on Louisiana’s Death Row. The state refused.
The repentant prosecutor stated his regrets at a symposium for the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, then again on the TV news program 60 Minutes.