Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Ryan Ferguson on His first Year of Freedom

Ryan Ferguson, 30, was released from prison in November 2013 after spending nearly a decade behind bars for a murder authorities now say he did not commit
 
Ferguson moved in with his girlfriend Myka Cain, whom he met when she started writing him letters in prison
A year later, they are still going strong and he credits her with his recovery in the real worldHe has just published Stronger, Faster, Smarter - a fitness guide and memoir of his time in prison He revealed he spent three months in solitary confinement and another four months 'in the hole' with another inmate
Says staying strong and fit 'saved his life' in prison 
 
His lawyer has filed a $100million lawsuit against the state of Missouri for his wrongful conviction 
‘I have to be doing something positive. If I’m not moving forward, then what am I doing? I missed my entire 20s in prison. I can’t stand still in life right now. I've already missed enough of it,’ he said.

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