article_snippet.sent: In a powerful letter published in , Stroud admitted that Stroud was to blame for mistakenly putting Glenn Ford behind bars for the fatal shooting of a jeweler, despite no murder weapon or witnesses placing Stroud at the scene. '
article_snippet.sent: Stroud, 63, wrote a powerful letter published in  after the state ruled that Glenn Ford was not entitled to receive $330,000 in compensation for Glenn Ford time spent behind bars because Glenn Ford could not prove Glenn Ford did not know about the killing before the killing was carried out. '
article_snippet.sent: Glenn Ford should be completely compensated to every extent possible because of the flaws of a system that effectively destroyed Glenn Ford life,' Stroud wrote.
article_snippet.sent: The audacity of the state's effort to deny Glenn Ford any compensation for the horrors Glenn Ford suffered in the name of Louisiana justice is appalling.'
article_snippet.sent: Glenn Ford was sent to prison, where Glenn Ford lived with little light or heat, while Stroud, who had been with the Caddo District Attorney's office for two years, went out to celebrate by having drinks with Glenn Ford team. '
article_snippet.sent: From behind bars, Glenn Ford continued to protest Glenn Ford innocence.
article_snippet.sent: In a lengthy apology letter to Ford last month that was published in a local newspaper, Glenn Ford also slammed the state for refusing to pay the man compensation .
article_snippet.sent: Wrongly accused: Ford, a father-of-four (pictured in a booking photo), was sent to death row in 1984 . '
article_snippet.sent: Stroud added that the odds were stacked against Glenn Ford, whose attorneys were inexperienced in criminal law.
article_snippet.sent: Ford, who is black, also faced an all-white jury. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Marty Stroud admitted in a letter published in a Louisiana newspaper last month that Marty Stroud was to blame for putting Glenn Ford behind bars in 1983 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: I was not as interested in justice as I was in winning'
  Ford, now 65, was freed a year ago after evidence emerged showing Marty Stroud was not at the scene of the murder and has since been living on donations .
  