Freed From False Murder Conviction, Man Finds Support Online

When Ryan Ferguson was convicted of brutally murdering a Missouri newspaper editor in 2005, two supposed witnesses lied under oath. The DNA from the murder scene didn't match Ferguson's, but the fictitious testimony persuaded a jury to unanimously convict him

Ferguson spent virtually all of his twenties in prison, maintaining his innocence the entire time, until being released last month at age 29. Meanwhile, five states away — as Ferguson sat confined in a cell, wrongly convicted of a heinous crime — Mike Rognlien lived a young professional's dream, residing in San Francisco and taking a human resources job at Facebook in 2011 Read more...