
Delayed justice for Missouri man Ryan Ferguson?
Ferguson is serving 40 years for the 2001 murder of Columbia, Missouri newspaper editor Kent Heitholt
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Erin Moriarty is a "48 Hours" correspondent. Her work is featured on all CBS News broadcasts and platforms, including including "CBS Sunday Morning," "CBS Mornings" and CBS News 24/7. Moriarty is also the host of the award-winning true-crime podcast, "My Life of Crime."
At CBS News, Moriarty has covered some of the biggest crime and justice stories of our time, including the wrongful conviction of Ryan Ferguson, the death of JonBenet Ramsey, the ongoing story of millionaire Robert Durst, and the controversial case of Brooke Skylar Richardson, a young Ohio woman tried - and acquitted - for murdering her newborn baby.
Drawing on her training as an attorney, she has examined some of the most important social and legal issues of the day, including wrongful convictions, cold cases, DNA testing of evidence in death-row cases and spousal abuse.
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