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1 Oct 2018, 9:36 am
  Maybe not surprising that you missed the little red struck-out "d".Better than drinking. [read post]
28 Feb 2016, 4:32 pm by John Floyd
He added that this decision “eviscerate[d] any due process right to a jury trial in any criminal proceeding. [read post]
18 Jan 2018, 6:36 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" The Michael Morton Act resolved some, but not all, of the discovery problems in Texas, it should be said. [read post]
6 Apr 2013, 7:07 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
  For instance, the latest version of SB 1611 by Ellis (D-Houston) and Duncan (R-Lubbock), now titled “The Michael Morton Act,” was passed out of committee and sent to the Senate floor with an understanding that language protecting victim/witness information still needed to be settled upon. [read post]
18 Sep 2014, 8:44 am by Gritsforbreakfast
This feigned neutrality actually been quite an effective tactic for TDCAA over the years and if they began taking pro/con positions bill-to-bill, as Breen asks, it would reduce their effectiveness at the capitol and needlessly create divisions among their base.If I were their political consultant, I'd discourage TDCAA from taking Breen's advice. [read post]
21 Jun 2009, 6:30 pm
I agree with Professor Morton, but everything is susceptible to nuances. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 7:42 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Yesterday in court, defense attorneys announced they'd discovered in prosecutors' old files evidence that:suggests prosecutors hid a key piece of evidence that could have raised questions about Morton's guilt — a transcript of a police interview with Christine Morton's mother. [read post]
20 Feb 2008, 9:39 am
– when Danish representative Morton Kjaerum opened by asking about voting rights. [read post]
5 Jun 2015, 7:20 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Jail phone calls and the Michael Morton Act If a jail records all inmate phone calls are prosecutors required to vet them for Brady material under the Michael Morton Act? [read post]
12 Nov 2011, 12:34 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Relatedly, the Williamson County Sun concluded this story with a telling exchange between Morton's attorney John Raley and the amnesiac investigator in the case, Don Wood:RALEY: Before this deposition started, when I told you that I represented Michael Morton, you said, ‘I thought you were one of the good guys. [read post]
14 Aug 2012, 4:55 pm by Angelo A. Paparelli
[Blogger's note:  Tomorrow, August 15, 2012, is perhaps as momentous to DREAMers as D-Day, June 6, 1944, was to The Greatest Generation. [read post]
24 Feb 2012, 5:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A defense attorney who's practiced a great deal under Sturns told me he's the "nicest guy you'd ever want to meet," though that doesn't mean he won't also hand down extremely long sentences. [read post]
9 Jul 2014, 7:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
OTOH, on the off chance he hasn't changed, I'd rather him perform that function on an island 8,000 miles away than here. [read post]
22 Apr 2013, 4:14 am by Gritsforbreakfast
RELATED: From the Austin Statesman, "Reforms prompted by Morton bill await action by state House." [read post]
16 Feb 2009, 10:01 am
The bill has been introduced by House Majority Leader Paul Weissmann, D-Louisville. [read post]
8 Oct 2014, 6:21 am by Gritsforbreakfast
It's not just that Bravo tampered with evidence to cover up what he'd done, it's what he'd done! [read post]
14 Nov 2012, 11:20 am
Since I joined The Innocence Project over ten years ago, I've represented 20 innocent prisoners who were freed by DNA testing, including Michael Morton. [read post]