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Freedom for man convicted of killing NY rabbi more than 20 years ago

(22 Mar 2013) POOL 1. Mid of Judge Miriam Cyrulnik delivering her verdict to David Ranta who was jailed in 1991 for murder UPSOUND (English): "The defendant's motion to vacate the judgement of conviction is granted." 2. Pan to Ranta embracing lawyer, police officer removes handcuffs AP TELEVISION 3. SOUNDBITE (English) John O'Mara, Prosecutor, head of Brooklyn District Attorney's Conviction Integrity Unit: "Well there are a number of things that were wrong with the case. It was basically cumulative. There was new evidence which was developed which caused us to believe that the foundation of the case has been so degraded that we can no longer be confident that a jury would render verdict of guilty of this defendant, nor are we confident that he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt." 4. Wide of O'Mara surrounded by reporters POOL 5. Mid of Judge Cyrulnik offering apologies to Ranta UPSOUND (English): "Mr Ranta, to say that I'm sorry for what you have endured would be an understatement and grossly inadequate but I say it to you anyway." 6. Mid of Ranta UPSOUND (English) Judge Cyrulnik: "Sir, you are free to go." AP TELEVISION 7. SOUNDBITE (English) David Ranta, exonerated prisoner: "I'm overwhelmed. It's interesting and I would just like to say 'thank you' to each and every one of you for supporting me today on this. As I said from the beginning I had nothing to do with this case." 8. Mid pan of Ranta's family 9. SOUNDBITE (English) David Ranta, exonerated prisoner: "Right now I feel like I'm underwater, swimming so I can't really just be honest with an answer because this is overwhelming." (Reporter: "Do you have any one thing you want to do?") "Yeah, get the hell out of here maybe." POOL 10. Mid of Ranta hugging family members in court AP TELEVISION 11. Zoom into Ranta's sister and family members leaving court. UPSOUND (English): Reporter: "It must have been amazing." Beverly Maccheroni, Ranta's sister: "Yes it was, it is, and we can't wait to get home with him." Unidentified family member: "We're just overwhelmed and we just want to get to go now, sorry guys." 12. Mid of Isaac Abraham, a close friend of the murdered rabbi, Chaskel Werzberger leaving courtroom 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Isaac Abraham, close friend of murdered rabbi and Jewish community leader: "Disappointment is not the word, it doesn't do much. It doesn't do much. Where's the killer? Who's the killer? Who botched the case? And who's going to be responsible at the end of the day?" 14. Mid of Ranta walking out of courtroom 15. Tracking shot of Ranta walking past photographers to get to vehicle STORYLINE: A man who spent more than two decades behind bars for the cold-blooded slaying of a Brooklyn rabbi was released on Thursday into the arms of his weeping relatives after a reinvestigation by prosecutors cast serious doubt on evidence used to convict him. "Sir, you are free to go," Judge Miriam Cyrulnik told a smiling, white-haired David Ranta moments after prosecutors announced they supported tossing out the 1991 conviction. Ranta's pregnant daughter - a two-year-old when he was jailed - sisters and other supporters burst into applause and swarmed him as he walked out of the courtroom. His parents died while he was in prison. "I'm overwhelmed," the 58-year-old Ranta told reporters. "I feel like I'm underwater, swimming." The dramatic turnabout came after the Brooklyn district attorney's office filed paperwork on Wednesday saying it supported a defence motion to vacate the murder conviction and dismiss the indictment. He was sentenced to 37 and a half years in prison. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...