In this clip, Ronnie Long talks about having just returned home after an unrelated charge of trespassing afterhours at a local park was dismissed. This was recorded during an event held at Duke Law in May 2024.



Ronnie Long was imprisoned for 44 years following a 1976 rape trial tainted by police misconduct and the suppression of exculpatory evidence. On Aug. 27, 2020, Long became a free man, marking the ninth exoneration for the Wrongful Convictions Clinic at Duke Law.

Long exonerated: https://duke.is/c/prz5
Wrongful Convictions Clinic at Duke Law: https://duke.is/w/gx7t