Episode
48 Hours: Ryan Ferguson: Wrongfully Convicted
Overview
Convicted of murder at 19 -- 14 appeals and 10 years later, he's free. They got it wrong. End of story? Not yet. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
Details
- Series
- 48 Hours
- Season
- Season 29
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2016-01-30
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Ryan Ferguson: Wrongfully Convicted is Episode 17 in Season 29 of 48 Hours. It aired on 2016-01-30. The runtime is 43 min.
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