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Ronnie Long's wrongful conviction case: A look back

Ronnie Long, who was imprisoned for 44 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, is a case WCNC Charlotte has stayed on since Day 1. It was a record payout: the state of North Carolina, the city of Concord and the State Bureau of Investigation paid Ronnie Long $25 million after he spent 44 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. In a rare move, the city even apologized to Long. But in an exclusive interview with WCNC Charlotte, Long said there's still no justice because he says his case is about the people who knowingly helped convict him and those who withheld evidence that could have freed him sooner, including the former Cabarrus County district attorney who recently stepped down. "How does it feel to win the biggest settlement in North Carolina history? I don't feel as though I've been truly compensated for the things that I lost," Long explained. Just 21 years old when he was sent to prison for a rape he didn't commit, Long lost his mother, father and two sisters during the 44 years before he was freed. "I ain't been compensated for nothing," Long said. "Bring my mother and father back, bring me my 44 years back, bring back my two sisters, now I'm compensated." Long's attorneys filed suit against the city of Concord, the state and SBI shortly after his release. The case was settled and Long was awarded a North Carolina record $25 million. Part of the settlement included an apology from the city of Concord, something rare in these kinds of cases. "If you have a chief of police and he's tampering with the jury list, if you've got detectives that plant evidence, you commit perjury, you destroy evidence and you knew with all the things you were doing intentionally, you were seeing me to death row," Long declared. "You were trying to kill me." The city's apology included accepting responsibility for "significant errors in judgment and willful misconduct by previous city employees that led to Long's wrongful conviction and imprisonment." Among the detectives named in the civil suit was Van Isenhour, who had a criminal record for theft and forgery by the 1980s. WCNC Charlotte attempted reaching attorneys for Isenhour and detective John Taylor, also named in the case. They didn't respond, but told Long's attorneys both men were not in good health and couldn't even be deposed for the lawsuit. "You didn’t put me in the penitentiary wrongfully, you put me in there intentionally," Long said. "There's a difference between wrongful and intentional." #RonnieLong #JusticeReform #News READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/inv...