ryan ferguson has not had a chance to do an of these things. he spent the last eight years in jail convicted of a murder he says he had nothing to do with. but his family never gave up their fight for his freedom. today is beat ging of tthe begi rest of his life. here is dan a brahms. >> reporter: ryan ferguson is a free man after spending fearly a decade in prison for a brutal murder he always said he didn't commit. >> to get arrested and charged for a crime you didn't commit it is easy, you can lose your life very fast. but to get out of prison it takes -- an army as you can see. >> reporter: ryan ferguson's parents rushed to the prison to pick him up. and celebrated his hard-fought victory. >> i would look ike to absolute thank my parents. my father, my mother. >> reporter: ferguson spent all most all of his 20s in a maximum security prison yet not a shred of physical evidence linking him to the murder and as of last year not a single witness to implicate him. we sat done with ryan before he was released. you have got to be furious? >> absol

ryan ferguson still doesn't released. the new judge, daniel green didn't believe eriksson's most recent account was credible to overturn the conviction. even if eriksson was lying or wrong or dreaming again, ryan's story never changed. >> when i read the finding i was shocked. judge green made a lot of big, mistakes. simple mistakes. i looked at that. >> there is no case in the united states where ate person has remained incarcerated when the only two witnesses against them have recanted. >> after a year and a half more behind bars, finally, last week, an appellate court overturned the ruling, finding newly discovered evidence, clearly and convincingly establishes that he is innocent. then the missouri attorney general's office announced it will not retry or pursue further action against ryan ferguson at this time. meaning, ryan ferguson was a free man. today the juror would look to sit down with ryan. >> what would you say to him? apologize 1,000 times. that would be enough. i thought of writing him. i thought maybe -- f

new this morning, we hear from ryan ferguson. his murder conviction overturned after ten years in prison for the death of a sportswriter. what put him behind bars? what do we know now? >>> honor the commitment. bill clinton said president obama should allow americans to keep their insurance plans if they like them. bill says more and more democrats distance them from the botched health k caroleout. >>> for alec baldwin, the courtroom testimony was real. his testimony and why the judge almost threw the stalker out of court. >> your "new day" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >>> good morning to you. it is 6:00 in the east. and it is a day many thought would never come for a 29-year-old missouri man after nearly a decade behind bars, ryan ferguson released from prison tuesday. prosecutors saying they will not pursue a new trial. ferguson's murder conviction was thrown out last week. now the nightmare may be over. let's bring in david mattingly at the cnn center wi

on tuesday a state appeals court overturned ryan ferguson's murder conviction. "48 hours" was there when the parents learned the news, and erin moriarty has covered the case since 2005. >> i think i saw ryan. oh, my gosh. it's there. oh, my gosh. look. it's there. >> reporter: ryan ferguson's parents have been waiting nearly a decade for this. >> it cannot get better than that. >> reporter: a missouri appellate court overturned their son's murder conviction. >> guilty of murder in the second degree. >> reporter: ryan ferguson was convicted of the 2001 murder of kent heighthold, a sports newspaper editor. there was never any evidence tying him to the crime. there were two witnesses. ferguson seemed to be his accomplice, but seemed to know very little when talking to the police. jerry trump, a janitor, claimed he saw ryan at the crime scene. >> would you point to that individual, please. >> yes. >> reporter: last year at a hearing both witnesses recanted under oath. but ferguson's appeals have all been denied. until today. >> i feel good, but i haven't been able to actually enjoy it yet, y

ryan ferguson and his father join us in a moment. but first "48 hours" correspondent air moriarty is here. her eight years of original covering of this case covered the gaps. good morning to you. >> good morning. most people expected it would take months to resolve ryan ferguson's fate. it took just four days. >> ryan! yay! >> how are you doing. >> it was finally over. last night a smiling ryan forgets ferguson appeared before reporters and press. no longer in handcuffs or his prison-issued jumpsuit. he first thanked his parents, bill and mary ferguson. >> they're the most amazing parents. without them, i wouldn't have have had any hope. >> ferguson was convicted in 2005 of killing kent height hold, a popular newspaper sports editor. while there was plenty of physical evidence at the scene, none of it matched ferguson. he was convicted on the word of two witnesses. one was charles erickson, a high school classmate, who claimed they killed height hold in a late-night robbery. the other, a janitor who said he saw ferguson at the crime

ryan ferguson and his father join us in a moment. but first "48 hours" correspondent air moriarty is here. her eight years of original covering of this case covered the gaps. good morning to you. >> good morning. most people expected it would take months to resolve ryan ferguson's fate. it took just four days. >> ryan! yay! >> how are you doing. >> it was finally over. last night a smiling ryan forgetson ferguson appeared before reporters and press. no longer in handcuffs or his prison-issued jumpsuit. he first thanked his parents, bill and mary ferguson. >> they're the most amazing parents. without them, i wouldn't have have had any hope. >> ferguson was convicted in 2005 of killing kent height hold, a popular newspaper sports editor. while there was plenty of physical evidence at the scene, none of it matched ferguson. he was convicted on the word of two witnesses. one was charles erickson, a high school classmate, who claimed they killed height hold in a late-night robbery. the other, a janitor who said he saw ferguson at the crim

pursue further action against ryan ferguson. this after an appeals court threw out ferguson's guilty verdict because prosecutors withheld evidence. >> this is not an anomaly. i think we need to look at other cases and be aware this is part of our justice system. >> reporter: ferguson was sentenced to 40 years for the 2001 murder of kent heitholt. he was implicated by charles erickson who claimed he had dream-like memories of committing the crime. last year, erickson told the court he lied and ferguson believes it's time for him to be freed as well. >> the guy's a lot of things but the thing is, more so than anything else is innocent. >> reporter: ferguson emerges from prison surprisingly poised. he's writing a book. he has a girlfriend and friends already say go into politics. >> mayor. >> mayor of columbia, indeed. >> next attorney general. >> yes. >> ferguson says he was actually happier for his parents last night than he was for himself. that's because that couple had worked tirelessly for so long to secure his release. kate?

ryan ferguson and his father join us in a moment. first aaron is here with eight years of original reporting uncovering many gaps in the case. good many to you. >> it is a good morning. . when the state appointed a special prosecutor to handle the case most expected it would take months to resolve his fate. it took just four days. >> yea. it was finally over. last night a smiling ryan ferguson appeared before supporters in the press. no longer in handcuffs or his prison issued jump suit. he first thanked his parents bill and leslie ferguson. >> they're the absolute most amazing parents you could ever have. without them i wouldn't have had any hope. >> guilty of murder in the second degree. >> ferguson was convicted in 2005 of killing ken heitholt a popular newspaper sports editor. there was plenty physical evidence at the scene, but none matched ferguson. he was convicted on the word of two witnesses, one charles eriksson a high school classmate that claimed they killed heitholt in a late night robbery and another, the janitor that s

ryan ferguson left prison yesterday a free man after a court vacated his murder conviction. he was found guilty in 2005 for the beating and strangling of a newspaper editor on halloween night in 2001. he was sentenced to 40 years in prison. ferguson was only 19 at the time. the appeals court ordered ferguson to be released after it ruled he did not receive a fair trial. prosecutors will not retry ferguson. this morning he told the "today" show what it means to be a free man. >> it's beyond my comprehension. definitely look forward to the day and just going to be with my family and take advantage of every opportunity that comes my way. [ sniffles, coughs ]

. >>> ryan ferguson spent his first night out of prison in eight years. the 29-year-old was released yesterday after being wrongly convicted of murder. the missouri attorney general said he will not be retried for the death of a newspaper sports editor. bigad shaban reports. >> reporter: ryan ferguson hugged his sister and thanked his family as he celebrated his first hours of freedom in eight years. >> i'm ready for anything, really. >> reporter: the 29-year-old was released from prison just two hours earlier. ferguson was convicted for the 2001 beating death of newspaper sports editor ken height hold. ferguson was 17 at the time. he was implicated by a high school classmate erickson and a janitor who said they saw the crime scene. both later recanted. cbs has covered the case since the trial in 2005 and was there when his parents learned that his conviction had been overturned. >> it's there. oh, my gosh. >> i'm actually happier for my parents right now than i am for me because they've had to deal with so much. >> reporter: ferguson also thanked his att

and in prison for years for a murder he didn't commit, ryan ferguson is free. >> first thing i did was talk to my parents and kiss my girlfriend. >> pelley: erin moriarty of 48 hours has the remarkable story. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there hasn't been so much anticipation about a number since a record jackpot was at stake in powerball. today six weeks after the troubled opening of the federal health insurance web site, the obama administration finally told us how many americans have signed up. in the first month, it comes to just over 106,000. people who chose policies on both the federal and state sites, though they had not necessarily paid for them yet. that is only about 20% of the 494,000 that the administration had projected. major garrett at s at the white house for us tonight. major? >> reporter: scott, the white house said for weeks these enroll. numbers would fall short of expectations-- and they have. the poorly designed federal health care web site-- nearly unusable in its first days of operation--

a 29-year-old former eagle scout named ryan ferguson spent ten years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. tonight he's finally home free with his family. "nightline" anchor dan abrams tells us how. >> reporter: today for the first time in nearly a decade, ryan ferguson woke up a free man. the 29-year-old released from prison, his murder conviction overturned. his parents picked him up. their faith in their son, a former eagle scout, never wavered. >> whenever i finally saw them, whenever they took the shackles off me and i was able to hug my mother, that second i knew and it was incredible. >> reporter: his nightmare began in 2004 when a childhood friend, charles erickson, told police he and ferguson had killed a respected newspaper editor for beer money over two years earlier. ferguson was grilled for hours. >> i wasn't there. i didn't do anything. >> reporter: erickson kept changing his story, but in court he was clear as day. >> he had his foot on his back, on the victim's back, and he was pulling him up on the belt. >> reporter: there were foot prints, fingerprints and hair, b

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ryan ferguson's first family holiday since leaving prison. he has his driver's license and his first iphone, and back on the basketball court. today, the tradition he and his father can finally carry on for the first time in a decade. >>> and a brand-new spin on turkey 911. we're helping you have your best thanksgiving ever. today, three top chefs are taking your questions all morning long. and you don't want to miss these big "deals & steals" made in america. only on "gma." >>> well, we do hope you're sleeping in on this thanksgiving morning. a good morning to all of you, america. thank you so much for spending a little bit of time with us on this thanksgiving. and happy hanukkah, as well, to everybody celebrating there at home. lots of bookkeeping to take care of. >>> sam, meanwhile. samuel j. joining us in philadelphia this morning. right there in the middle of the oldest parade in the country. we'll talk to him in just a bit. ginger zee, meanwhile, outside in the sub arctic new york. hopefully the balloons shall fly this morning. and it i

there has never been any physical evidence connecting ryan ferguson of the murder. he was convicted primarily on the words of erickson although he seemed to know little about the crime when police interviewed him. >> you know for a fact. >> the other key witness was jerry trump, a janitor who claimed he saw ryan at the crime scene. >> would you point to that individual, please? >> yes. >> reporter: after a "48 hours" report raised questions about ryan's conviction. kathleen zeller a powerful attorney, took the case pro bono. she joined forces with ryan's father bill to prove ryan's innocence. in time both witnesses recanted under oath and admitted to lying at trial. >> i did lie. i lied. >> reporter: still, forgetson's appeals were denied until yesterday when the appellate courts through out the conviction. >> it's a wonderful feeling. it's the best feeling in the world. >> reporter: the courts said prosecutors were aware of problems with jerry trump's testimony but concealed them from the defense. >> kblouft be in a state of shock. know we are. >> reporter: ryan re

they had 15 days to make their intentions known if they were going to retry ryan ferguson. but it took them only seven for them to release a very simple statement today. and it base you cbasically said will not retry or pursue further action against ryan ferguson. that was his get out of jail free card he's been waiting for for almost a decade. the wheels of justice then which have been turning very slowly so far in his case picked up the pace a little bit, and now just within the last hour he walked out of the courtroom a free man. >> walked out a free man. as we could see that podium looked like some hotel setup, right? that's a live picture you're looking at there where ryan is going to be speaking in just a few moments. now david, because you've spoken to him, you've had a sense of what kind of a man he is. you've spoken to his family. what's their reaction to this? >> reporter: well, to put anytime perspective, you have to look at what the family for ryan ferguson has been doing. the extraordinary amount of support they've given him for the last decade. they have been

they had 15 days to make their intentions known if they were going to retry ryan ferguson. but it took them only seven for them to release a very simple statement today. and basically said the state will not retry or pursue further action against ryan ferguson. that was his get out of jail free card he's been waiting for for almost a decade. the wheels of justice then which have been turning very slowly so far in his case picked up the pace a little bit, and now just within the last hour he walked out of the courtroom a free man. >> walked out a free man. as we could see that podium looked like some hotel setup, right? that's a live picture you're looking at there where ryan is going to be speaking in just a few moments. now david, because you've spoken to him, you've had a sense of what kind of a man he is. you've spoken to his family. what's their reaction to this? >> reporter: well, to put anytime perspective, you have to look at what the family for ryan ferguson has been doing. the extraordinary amount of support they've given him for the last decade. they have been goi

, ryan ferguson is a free man. after spending nearly a decade in prison for a murder he always maintained he didn't commit. >> i'm actually happier for my parents right now than i am for me because -- they've had to deal with so much. >> reporter: ferguson's ordeal began in 2003, two years after the murder. he and friend, charles erickson, were both accused of murdering sports journalist, ken heitholt. >> i looked up. and ryan was over the victim. >> reporter: ferguson was convicted and sentenced to 40 years. then, years later, erickson recanted. admitting he lied in his testimony against ryan. none of the physical evidence found at the scene linked ryan to the murder. last week, a missouri appeals court overturned ferguson's conviction, saying, quote, newly discovered evidence clearly and convincingly establishes that he's actually innocent. tuesday, the missouri attorney general's office announced it won't be pursuing a retrial. meaning ferguson can now move on with his life. what has been particularly troubling

ryan ferguson is now a free man. he was released yesterday after his murder conviction was thrown out. he told cnn's "new day" that he thinks he knows who actually committed the crime. >> absolutely. i believe we know who did it. i think it's a matter of proving it and a matter of getting help from the authorities at this point. i think the facts show clearly who did it. you know, i'm not going to throw names out there. but anyone who takes the time to look at the evidence, i this it will become obvious to them who that individual is. >> cnn's david mattingly has more on this story. really? is he right? is it obvious? >> they have their suspicions, they're entitled to them after what all they've been through. but this case went unsolved for years before ryan ferguson was implicated by a friend of his. so we contacted the police department in columbia after all this happened. i said, do you plan to re-open the investigation into the murder? and they put out a brief statement. they said they will follow up on any new l

a 29-year-old former eagle scout named ryan ferguson spent ten years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. tonight he's finally home free with his fame. "nightline" anchor dan abrams tells us how. >> reporter: today for the first time in a decade ryan ferguson woke up a free man. the 29-year-old released from prison, his murder conviction overturned. his parents picked him up. their faith in their son, a former eagle scout, never wavered. >> whenever i finally saw them, whenever they took the shackles off me and i was able to hug my mother, that second i knew and it was incredible. >> reporter: his nightmare began in 2004 when a childhood friend, charles erickson told police he and ferguson had killed a respected newspaper editor for beer money over two years earlier. ferguson was grilled for hours. >> i wasn't there. i didn't do anything. >> reporter: erickson kept changing his story, but in court he was clear as day. >> he had his foot on his back, on the victim's back and he was pulling him up on the belt. >> reporter: there were food prints, fingerprints and hair, but none of i

ferguson. he spent nearly a decade in a missouri prison for a murder that he's always insisted he did not commit. well, tonight, ferguson, now 29 years old, is a free man thanks in no small part to erin's relentless investigation of this case and e vin with us tonight. erin? >> reporter: well, scott, his release came as a surprise. a special prosecutor in the case was just appointed last friday so no one expected that just four days later it would all be over. >> first thing i did was hug my parents and kiss my girlfriend. >> reporter: he's been out of prison for just 24 hours but ryan ferguson is already savoring the taste of his newfound freedom. (cheers and applause) before supporters and the press last night, he spoke about the time and effort it took to get to this day. >> to get arrested and to get charged for a crime you didn't commit, it's incredibly easy. but to get out of prison it takes an army. >> reporter: ferguson's release followed a nearly decade-long campaign led by his father

ryan ferguson, a free man this morning after serving eight years for killing a sports editor. the state attorney general says there will be no retrial. ferguson said he didn't know he was being freed until he saw his attorney hold up a sign that said, it's over. last night, he thanked his supporters. >> to get arrested and charged for a crime you didn't commit is incredibly easy. and you can lose your life very fast. but to get out of prison it takes an army. >> ferguson's case gained national attention because of a bizarre twist. his high school classmate claims to have recalled in dreams, years after the fact, that he and ferguson carried out that murder. that classmate has since recanted his testimony. but he is still behind bars. and you will hear much more from ryan ferguson later on this morning in a live interview on "good morning america." >>> another case where supporters are calling a miscarriage of justice. a florida woman may find out today whether she is free on bail while she awaits a new trial. she got 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot near her husban

if they were going on retry ryan ferguson. it took them only seven for them to release a very simple statement and it basically said, the state will not retry or pursue further action against ryan ferguson. that was his get out of jail free card that he has been waiting for for almost a decade. the wheels of justice then which have been turning very slowly so far in his case picked up the pace a little bit and now within the last hour, he walk out of courtroom a free man. >> walked out a free man. we can see that podium with a hotel set-up. that's a live picture where ryan is going to be speaking in a few moments. now because you've spoken to him, you've had a segs of what kind of a man he is. you've spoken to his family. what is their reaction to this? >> well, to put it in perspective, you have to look at what the family for ryan has been doing. the extraordinary amount of support they've given him for the last decade. they have been going across the country pleading his case. his father has acted as part attorney and part i

ryan ferguson, behind bars for almost a decade for a murder he did not commit. an appeals court overturning that conviction. >> hope he is out, and soon. >>> and day three of the great "gma" car giveaway. it is your chance to win one of these three mazdas. beep beep. >> i was just going to do that. >> you get the keys to the new car, you need to watch the show very carefully. >> okay. >> and listen for the sound, again, for the clue. >> not an accident. >> dogs barking in living rooms across the country right now. full contest rules can be found at goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! >> all righty. >>> we begin with two major legal stories. abc's dan abrams here to cover both. we begin with the latest on the dramatic trial of the utah doctor accused of killing his wife. the prosecution is expected to rest today after several inmates testified about their jailhouse conversations with the defendant. abc's aditi roy has all the latest on that. aditi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lara. as the prosecution wraps up its case, three of martin macneill's fellow

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ryan ferguson served eight years for killing the sports editor of a local newspaper. last week, a state appeals court ruled that ferguson did not receive a fair trial. the state attorney general says there will be no retrial. a clearly relieved ferguson thanked family and friends last night. >> to get arrested and charged for a crime you didn't commit is incredibly easy and you can lose your life very fast. but to get out of prison it takes an army. >> reporter: ferguson's case gained national attention because of a bizarre twist. his high school classmate claimed to have recalled in dreams years after the fact that he and ferguson carried out the murder. the classmate recanted his testimony but is still behind bars. >>> in another case supporters say is a gross miscarriage of justice. a florida woman may find out today if she will be freed on bail. she was sentenced 20 years for firing a shot near her husband and stepchildren. >> drop all the charges! >> reporter: marisa alexander and her supporters across the country hoping a florida judge will release her from jail

now ryan ferguson is a free man. his stunning story ahead. >>> violence surging on the big screen? a new study raising serious questions about what our kids are watching. >>> and an unusual discovery after a house goes up in flames. wait until you hear what police found inside. it's all "happening now." jon: day here in our studios and on capitol hill as well as officials behind the obamacare website face a grilling by two of the toughest house committees. hello to you, i'm jon scott. jenna: hello, i'm jenna lee. today's hearing on the heals after new report that the health care website may not be fixed by the end of the november. that is the deadline the administration has been promising. peter doocy is live from the white house on this why is the site taking so long and why does it appear the deadline will not be met? >> reporter: jenna, between now and march the administration needs to sign up just unseven million more consumers with new coverage through healthcare.gov and these new reports say that website can not handle that high volume right now. in fact we heard on the hill

i can step foot out there hug my mom and dad. >> reporter: as we speak, ryan ferguson is still in prison. technically he has not been convicted of any crime. his attorney kathleen has already filed a motion to have him released on bond. >> what an incredible story you're reporting leading to his release. he could be innocent and having been in jail that long. do you know when he could get out? >> reporter: ferguson's attorney told me he could possibly get out today. i don't know how realistic that is. if the state doesn't fight the motion for releasing him on bond, he could get out today. if the state decides to fight would like it it could take seven to ten days. >> does the state have leads as to who may have committed the crime? >> reporter: there has always been another name that has come up. the person who was the last known person to see the victim before he was killed. in fact the appellate decision even focuses on this particular individual and contradictions in his story. i don't know whether this case will ever be solved. it is in fact been going on since 2001. >> on a personal

and in prison for years for a murder he didn't commit, ryan ferguson is free. >> first thing i did was talk to my parents and kiss my girlfriend. >> pelley: erin moriarty of 48 hours has the remarkable story. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there hasn't been so much anticipation about a number since a record jackpot was at stake in powerball.

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. >> freedom, after nearly a decade in prison for ryan ferguson. ten years ago ferguson was convicted of beating and strangling a sports newspaper editor. a missouri court ruled last week the prosecutors held key evidence from the defense. >> to get charged for a crime you didn't commit, it's incredibly easy. you can lose your life very fast. but to get out of prison, it takes an army. >>> the american heart association and american college of cardiology are calling for one-third of all adults to consider taking cholesterol lowering drugs known as statins. >>> remember occupy wall street? a group of those protesters are called rolling jubilee purchased almost $15 million in personal and medical debt for about $400,000, then they simply forgave or abolished all of that dead freeing anyone involved from their bills. >>> finally worth your weight in gold. literally a weight loss challenge in dubai offered citizens one gram of cold for every kilogram of weight they lost. gold worth over $763,000 was given to more than 2600 weight loss winners. >>> we t

ryan ferguson was released tuesday night. missou's attorney general decided not to retry him for the 2001 slayingf newspaper editor kenheightthe hold. a ste appeals court pane overtued ferguson's conviction last week saying therosecution withheld key pieces of evidence. we'll have the first live interview with rn ferguson coming up in our next half hour right here on today. >>> a california compute ience student pleadeguilty secretly photographing miss teen u.s.a. cassidy wolf and other young women by hacking into their computer webcams. 19-year-oljared abrams mitted he threatenedo post the pictures online if the women didn't send him ditional explic photos. he faces up to 11 years in prison and $1 llion in fines when he is sentencedn march. convicted mob boss james "whitey" bulger should learhis fate as his sentencing hearing gets uerway in boston. ron mott is there withore. goodorning. >> reporr: good morning to u. the were fireworks at ial and there could be fireworks at sentencing adecade of pent up emotions are about to

today, a missouri appeals court overturned the murder conviction of ryan ferguson. ferguson's case drew a second look after extensive coverage by the cbs news broadcast "48 hours." ferguson had been found guilty of killing a newspaper editor, despite a lack of physical evidence, and two key witnesses later recanted their testimony. "48 hours" was there today when his parents got word of the decision. prosecutors have not said whether they will seek to retry ferguson. in medical news this evening, a major new study is raising a warning about testosterone replacement therapy. dr. jon lapook has details. >> reporter: when restaurant owner luca marcato started feeling tired, he asked his doctor to test his testosterone level. >> i did not have energy right in the morning. in my business, you have to go and go and go. >> reporter: his levels were low, and his physician prescribed a gel containing testosterone. >> now, i feel the way i should be feeling. >> reporter: low testosterone levels are linked to problems like fatigue, muscle and bone loss, and decreased libido. w

and in prison for years for a murder he didn't commit, ryan ferguson is free. >> first thing i did was talk to my parents and kiss my girlfriend. >> pelley: erin moriarty of 48 hours has the remarkable story. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

ryan ferguson thanking his supporters after an appeals court found he was wrongly convicted. listen to this. >> it was difficult from the beginning knowing that you are innocent and everyone you knew and talked to, they are not talking to you and you don't know what they think or what they feel. the people who have been there, it was a handful. i can't even really find them all. but you know who you are. i have so much respect for you guys. it means so much to me. martha: mike tobin has the background and what happened with this story. >> reporter: right up to the point where he walked out of jail he said he feared his ordeal was not coming to an end. he was afraid scenes got to the county jail he would be arrested for the same crime. but at 6:00 p.m. last night he walked out a free man. >> having gone through with i have gone through with our justice system, i was kinds of scared about what was going to happen next. i didn't know this morning i would be standing here tonight. i didn't know the next step at all and it was very scary, very dawrnght. so, you know, i'm glad to b

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ryan ferguson's first family holiday since leaving prison. he has his driver's license and his first iphone, and back on the basketball court. today, the tradition he and his father can finally carry on for the first time in a decade.

and in prison for years for a murder he didn't commit, ryan ferguson is free. >> first thing i did was talk to my parents and kiss my girlfriend. >> pelley: erin moriarty of 48 hours has the remarkable story. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there hasn't been so much anticipation about a number since a record jackpot

the county prosecutor has two weeks left to decide if ryan ferguson will be charged again. if not, he's a free man. david mattingly, cnn, atlanta. >> david, thanks so much. let's bring in cnn senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin, to talk more about this. the facts of this case and convince are pretty amazing, jeff. what do you make of the fact that the judge has thrown out this conviction? >> first of all, this is a story, an unusual one, in that the news media is a good day, cbs in particular, aaron mariorti, they've been after this story for years. eyewitnesses, accomplice testimony, it can be just wrong. what's especially interesting about this case, this is an exoneration of someone that's not about the use of dna. dna is not used in this case. there are other ways you can show someone in prison is innocent. >> what's behind the judge's decision? >> the heart of the decision is that the prosecution covered up problems with their own witnesses. the main witness was this janitor who claimed to have seen ferguson at the scene. and he had all sorts of problems in his backgr

. >>> an appeals committee has overturned the conviction of ryan ferguson. he's served ten years for the 41-year prison term for the death of a sports editor kent hite holt. ferguson has denied committing that crime. an alleged accomplice and eyewitness both recanting their testimony now. the state must decide whether to retry ferguson. >>> and it's that time in the morning that we absolutely adore. let's take a look at what's happening over at "new day." chris cuomo and kate bolduan. >>> good morning, guys. >> how are you? first things first. the elections last night. it's still early -- no, it isn't. new jersey was a huge win for chris christie. i know he was expected to win but we show you which categories and how and what he said in the speech and how it. pros forward. virginia, there was a grudge match won by the narrowest of margins. a democrat won that has tie to the clintons john king, candy crowley, jake tapper to break it down. >>> and we're finding out more about that 20-year-old who opened fire in a new jersey mall, his brother, and best friend a

there is one man, ryan ferguson, who hasn't been able to do any of that. why? he's been locked in prison for almost a decade. as of last night, he is free. well, he's free, period, and he can do all of these things. >> so ferguson, as you can see there, walked out of prison to a cheering crowd after a missouri appeals court overturned his 2005 murder conviction. he was only 19 years old when he was convicted of murdering a newspaper sports editor. during that trial, ferguson was implicated by two key witnesses, but last year, the same witnesses admitted they had lied. all the while, ferguson and his family maintained his innocence. he spoke to cnn earlier today about what his future holds. >> they have taken my 20s. and i'll never have that back. nothing in this world can give that back to me. and those are amazing years, obviously. that's when you're an adult. so i'm proin, but i literally have never really lived as an adult in the free world. it's going to take some time to adjust to it and to grow into it, but i have been preparing for this past decade menta

his murder conviction overturned, ryan ferguson walked out of prison for the first time in nearly teyears. >> i can get back toiving my life although i dot know yet how that wl feel. >> this morning,is first live interview since his release. d trading places. >> it's italian. >> and the number one. >> the sexiest accent on the globe is -- >> french.

louis is covering the release of ryan ferguson from prison. he was wrongfully convicted of murder, after spending ten years behind bars. >>> this is a live look at dallas from kdfw. an undercover navigator video controversy. the urban league of greater dallas fired one person and suspended three others after a video from a conservative activist reportedly showed the workers encouraging health care applicants to lie on forms signing up for health care to get better rates. that's a live look outside the beltway from special report. we'll be right back. >>> this is a fox news alert. sad news, four maerrines were killed at camp pendleton in southern afternocalifornia. officials say they're investigating and no details are being released. >>> also new and breaking this hour, police say six people are in custody being interviewed after three people were shot near a school in pittsburgh this afternoon. it did not happen at the school itself. there have been no charges filed and there are no arrests at this time. the three victims with nonlife threate

correspondent erin moriarty talked with ryan ferguson after he learned he would be set free and she was there when his parents learned this great news, as well. you will see it all only on "cbs this morning." and he was inside folsom prison when johnny cash gave his famous concert. hear from the music critic with surprising details about the man in black. the news is back in the morning. see you at 7:00. so time for you to start thinking about your favorite johnny cas song. >> my name is sue? >> i walk the line! because you're mine. everybody knows that. >> thank you. thanks so much. >> not on her ipod, gale. i got news for you. [ laughter ] >>> it's 6:48. let's check traffic. i know liz is a big johnny cash fan? >> i am actually. walk the line is one of my favorite movies, reese witherspoon, love them all. thanks, guys. let's go out towards redwood city and menlo park. it is our hotspot. i'll give you the best advice. use 280, avoid 101. a couple of different accidents. first a traffic alert northbound 101 an overturn accident blocking lanes and then in the opposite direction, southbou

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