"They just took my life away from me"

The Daily Crime

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4.3 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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A man convicted and imprisoned for more than 20 years for the 1997 shooting death of another man in New Orleans was freed earlier this month after prosecutors agreed that his conviction should be vacated. WWLTV Reporter Eleanor Tabone spoke with Cedric Dent and his family to learn more about the case. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up.
0:01.3	Not even a week later, he's sitting at home watching the news and he sees his picture
0:05.5	pop up saying he's wanted for this shooting.
0:10.3	For Vault Studios, I'm Reid Redmond.
0:12.5	You're listening to The Daily Crime.
0:27.2	I was a working man, I was taking care of my family and all of a sudden just things went wrong in my life
0:31.0	and it just took my life away from me.
0:34.0	Cedric Dent was 23 years old
0:35.9	when he was sent to prison for a murder, he didn't commit.
0:39.5	Now, at age 47, he's finally a free man.
0:43.3	I got logged up when I was 23.
0:45.0	I'm 47.9.
0:46.3	You know, it took all my good years for me for something I didn't do.
0:51.6	When I reached out and hug my child, boy, you can't buy that.
0:58.8	There were systemic failures at every stage here.
1:01.4	I think the police did not do their job.
1:09.9	Here to take us through this case is Eleanor Tobone.
1:13.2	Eleanor, the last time we had you on, you were working with our partner station, WLTX, in South Carolina.
1:19.1	You've moved on us, though. You're now with WWL in New Orleans.
1:22.3	That's right, Reid. I moved just a few months ago, so still new and getting used to this new city.
1:28.0	So you recently spent some time getting to know the story of a man named Cedric Dent,
1:32.8	who spent the past 25 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
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