December 4, 2013
Texas Man Freed After Serving 25 Years of Wrongful Conviction; Prosecutorial Misconduct
[From article]
In August 1986, Morton's wife, Christine, was bludgeoned to death by a blunt object at their Williamson County, Texas home while he was at work - but still, suspicion fell on him.
He said that an intruder must have been responsible, but prosecutors accused of him of killing her after she refused to have sex with him on his birthday. He was convicted based on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to life in prison.
[. . .]
The new DNA evidence showed that he had indeed been wrongfully convicted, and last month, Ken Anderson pleaded no contest to criminal contempt for deliberately withholding exculpatory evidence.
He stepped down from his position as a judge and agreed to serve 10 days in jail, although he served five due to good behavior laws - far, far less time than Morton was forced to endure.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2518059/Michael-Morton-Man-spent-25-years-prison-wrongfully-convicted-wifes-murder-reconnects-son.html
Man who spent 25 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of wife's murder reveals how he has reconnected with the son who was too embarrassed to visit him behind bars
Michael Morton was found guilty of killing his wife Christine at their Texas home in 1986 - even though he had been at work
He was sentenced to life and saw his son Eric, then 3, twice a year
As a teenager, Eric decided he did not want to visit his father anymore
In 2011, Morton was exonerated after evidence which had been held back by prosecutors contained DNA linking another man to the murder
Morton and his son reunited after 10 years and are now close
By LYDIA WARREN
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 09:24 EST, 4 December 2013 | UPDATED: 09:31 EST, 4 December 2013
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