"You live and die by what you do"

The Daily Crime

VAULT Studios

True Crime

4.3 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Ronnie Long spent 44 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. He's a free man today. WCNC senior reporter Michelle Boudin tells us about Ronnie's fight for justice. 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.
0:01.7	You live and die about what you do.
0:03.9	You read what you sold.
0:05.3	You know what I'm saying?
0:05.9	So I always believe that, you know what I'm saying?
0:07.9	It's out of how difficult this thing it becomes.
0:10.8	One day, I would be standing where I'm standing right now.
0:13.6	And I never gave up that hope.
0:15.0	For Vault Studios, I'm Will Johnson.
0:16.9	You're listening to The Daily Crime.
0:22.3	Yes, so that is Ashley Long, and that is Ronnie standing there with him.
0:26.0	What we missed just a second ago was a big hug as he walked out from those prison gates.
0:30.7	He is dressed to the nines.
0:32.1	You can see he is in a suit, and that is his wife, Ashley.
0:35.1	I don't know if you can tell her car is decorated with free Ronnie Long.
0:38.6	She has been his biggest champion for the last few years. It is truly incredible to be here to see
0:44.6	this man who's been behind bars for 44 years, a Concord man who all along insisted he was
0:50.2	innocent. The state court yesterday filed a motion to vacate his conviction.
0:55.0	Today, they made it happen, and he is a free man.
0:57.9	Last year, Ronnie Long walked out of a North Carolina prison, a free man.
1:02.5	They were never ever, never, ever, ever locked me up again.
1:07.3	Amen.
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