FREE RONALD GLENN
FREE RONALD GLENN
RONALD GLENN HAS SPENT 17 YEARS IN JAIL FOR A CRIME THAT HE DID NOT COMMIT.
SOMEONE ELSE PLED GUILTY TO THE CRIME AND SAID THAT RONALD WASN’T THERE.
WHY IS RONALD STILL IN PRISON?
MEET RONALD
Ronald is a committed friend, brother, husband, and Christian. Inspired by his faith, he has become a mentor to some of the younger men that he is incarcerated with, challenging them to stay on the right path.
In his free time, Ronald loves to watch sports, especially basketball. He is a huge fan of his hometown Indiana Pacers and the Indiana Fever, and he eagerly awaits an Indiana University national championship.
Ronald hopes to one day be reunited with his entire family, especially his wife Angela. He dreams of putting his feet in the sand and staring out at the ocean, something he has never been able to do.
The Story
On September 4th, 1984 Frederick David was found stabbed to death in his home in Martinsville, Indiana. Ronald initially confessed to the crime because he was told that he would get a lesser sentence in a separate case, but his confession was flawed in a number of ways. At the time he was 21 years old, illiterate, and got multiple important details about the crime incorrect.
22 years later, the Morgan County Sheriff’s department reopened the case, and with no additional evidence against Ronald, they charge him for the robbery and murder of Frederick David. They had a DNA match tying someone to the crime scene- but it wasn’t Ronald- it was a man named Alphonzo Easley. Easley pled guilty to the crime, and later he even signed a legal affidavit stating that Ronald was never at there, and that he didn’t even know who Ronald was.
Despite an innacurate confession, and no forensic evidence linking Ronald to the scene, he was sentenced to 50 years in prison.
DNA
Innocence Claims
DNA linked a different man to the crime. He does not know Ronald and has stated that Ronald had nothing to do with the crime.
2. 23 Years
Ronald was convicted based solely on his false confessions, in which he repeatedly changed his story and got key details of the crime incorrect.
There was a 23-year gap between the date of the crime and Ronald’s conviction. During this time, crucial evidence, including the murder weapon, was lost.
Affidavit signed by Alphonzo Easley, the man whose DNA was linked to the crime. In this affidavit, he states that Ronald was not present for the crime, and that he did not participate in the crime in any way.