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[Music] I haven't had time to actually think about what it is to be free, what it
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means to be free, what it is to have this life back. [Applause] I get out and it's such a different
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world. There's so much more going on. I'm ready for anything really. I kind of want some Dairy Queen.
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All right, please. I'm Erin Morardi. I've been following the case of Ryan Ferguson since 2005
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when he went on trial for the murder of newspaper sports editor Kent Heightold. From the beginning, there was just
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something not right about this case. There is no physical evidence whatsoever to connect Ryan to the crime scene.
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[Music] Recording this will be Detective Strower. A lot of it's kind of foggy, kind of
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fuzzy to you as to what you remember. Your honor, the state calls Charles Ericson. I looked up
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and Ryan was over the victim. He had his foot on his back and he was pulling up on the belt.
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The reality is that he chose to lie about me. Asked to count one guilty of murder in
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the second degree. It just sucked the air right out of us. We were absolutely devastated.
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Love you. Ryan Ferguson never should have been tried for this murder. [Music] This case is full of holes. It's just
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full of holes. Ryan Ferguson is actually innocent. I think I saw Ryan. It is. Oh my god. I
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It's there. Oh my gosh. Look at You cannot get better than that. Oh my god. [Applause]
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I think I've proven my innocence. I think most people in the world in the whole world can see that.
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End of story. Not yet. Not for Ryan Ferguson. It's very daunting. You don't know what you're doing in this world and
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you don't know how to navigate it and operate in it. and not for his accuser. It was really easy for the police and
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the prosecutors to manipulate me. I'm angry. I'm angry at myself. I feel like I've been played for a fool and I feel
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like I should be released from prison. I know that Charles Ericson is absolutely
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innocent. When you've got innocent people locked up, you've got the murderer still on the street.
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They need to find the real killer.