At five. Vindication for a man wrongfully convicted in a violent assault and shooting. Just minutes ago. He stepped out of jail a free man for the first time in nearly seven years. Im pam moore. Haazig madyun has the latest. Reporter justice will be served if this sentence is set asidethat is what the judge said in an Alameda County court room as he was clearing the way for the dismisal of ronald ross life sentenceover taken by emotion in the courtroom51 yearold woods dropped his face into his hands sobbing tears of relief after serving 6years and ten months for an attempted murder back in 2006 that his mother always maintained her son could not have committed i know my child didnt do this because i know where he was at, he was on my couch drinking beer and wine reporter ultimately both the d. A. And the defense agreedross did not commit the crimeelliot peters led the defense team in getting the conviction overturned we had really developed a lot of evidencewas a conviction they could
It is 5 00 a. M. , good morning washington begins right now. Live and in hd, this is good morning, washington on your side. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org good morning. It is friday, february 22. Im Natasha Barrett in for Cynne Simpson. We could see wintery mix later on today. Our storm watch begins with jacqui jeras. I definitely think we will get some of that around here. It should be relatively light. Hopefully it will not be a major issue for you. Later today, it should change over to rainfall. For now, the moisture, steadily streaming in. We have the clout in ness. Most of what youre seeing is not reaching us. There is some light snow and light sleet being reported in the west in west virginia. Send me a tweet. Let me know it is coming down. Temperatures are pretty favorable. Even though we will get above freezing this afternoon, i do think sleet will continue to come down. The moisture should hold off until the noon hour for the d. C. Metro area w
At 7 00 in the dark as she walked the short distance home from her job as a nanny in this Friendship Heights neighborhood. He was a hispanic man about 5 danny or 5 11, short hair 5 10 or 5 11, short hair, jeans, tshirt, not normal attire in freezing cold weather. Reporter she said he followed her in his mini van, then got out and went after her. He wasnt walking out of his car. He swung open the door and started walking towards me fast. Reporter earlier that afternoon here along south park avenue in the commercial part of Friendship Heights a man driving a maroon suv approached a 13yearold girl and started asking questions including her name. Its terrifying. Ying. I have a teenage daughter. Its terrifying. Its a shame our children cant just go out and be safe. Reporter in the first incident just after school last friday a group of kids at rolling wood apartments after east west highway in Silver Spring was approached by a man asking inappropriate questions about their bodies. Montgomer
He would be in basically 24 7 lock down for the rest of his life. What were learning about a possible heroin ring inside the prison. Some of the employees have told officials that there is heroin use amongst the inmates. So the question is are the employees involved in that . Also Independence Day alerts. I wouldnt be surprised if were sitting here a week from today talking about an attack. Why the feds are warning local cops about possible temperatureterror attacks over the july 4th weekend. Plus why the president wants to make 4 million americans eligible for overtime. Could that drive his polls even higher . Lets talk in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im pamela brown in for carol costello. Thank you so much for being with us on this tuesday, a very busy tuesday. This morning convicted killer david sweat is upgraded from critical condition. He is revealing crucial details of the prison escape the sbi intricate planning and the scramble to improvise. And a possible heroin ring operat
Imagined such a thing. He was very popular and people wanted to see him. He saw many of the same patients for many, many years. They trusted him with their most intimate secrets. We were all their trusted confidants. Reporter call now. Reporter lawyers are running ads. A wave of lawsuits is expected, as police sift through computer images and videos. What did he do with this information . Did he sell it . Was it put on the internet . Reporter Unanswered Questions that now have hundreds of women scarred and scared. Reporter and state Health Officials are advising tonight that if you ever feel uncomfortable, you can always request that someone else be present in the exam room. Johns hopkins has apologized to all of these patients and say that they do not tolerate this kind of invasion of privacy. Reporting live at the east baltimore medical center, mike hellgren, wjz Eyewitness News. Mike, thank you. Police have set up a hotline for patients as part of the criminal investigation. The num