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2 Apr 2019, 4:31 pm
I am not a lawyer, but wasn't this officer in essence admitting to using Class C misdemeanor arrests to get around the Michael Morton Act and Brady v. [read post]
16 Feb 2019, 8:05 am
Maryland and (particularly) the Michael Morton Act, prosecutors are required to disclose impeachment evidence about their witnesses to the defense. [read post]
4 Feb 2019, 5:25 am
A legislator (not from Waco) recently complained to me about the burdens video places on prosecutors under the Michael Morton Act, so this is a developing meme.Despair and the American prosecutorGrits has often thought the jobs "cop" and "prosecutor" shouldn't be life-long careers but merely a life phase. [read post]
3 Feb 2019, 9:05 am
Rev. 983 (2005); Chris Michael Temple, “A Case for Why Silica Litigation Is Not the ‘Next Asbestos’,” Product Liab. [read post]
31 Jan 2019, 8:00 am
The attorneys successfully handling this lawsuit for the Nguyen family were Michael J. [read post]
15 Jan 2019, 12:23 pm
There are still rogue prosecutors in the Texas but the fact that integrity units have been established in Harris, Dallas, Bexar, Tarrant and Travis counties; and the fact that the Texas Legislature has enacted the Michael Morton Act, post-conviction DNA testing, and Article 11.073 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure (defendant can receive post-conviction relief based on change of science relied on by State at trial) lends hope to criminal defense attorneys that not… [read post]
7 Dec 2018, 12:30 pm
Maryland and Texas’s Michael Morton Act. [read post]
12 Nov 2018, 2:38 pm
Michael Morton became the poster child for wrongful convictions in Texas. [read post]
12 Nov 2018, 2:38 pm
Michael Morton became the poster child for wrongful convictions in Texas. [read post]
5 Nov 2018, 4:01 am
Campaign Finance Federal: “Anyone Can Make a Super PAC – Even Prisoners and Kids Who Can’t Vote” by Kaitlin Washburn for Center for Responsive Politics Elections Federal: “In Email to Trump’s Campaign Strategist, Roger Stone Implied He Knew of WikiLeaks’s Plans” by Sharon LaFraniere, Michael Schmidt, Maggie Haberman, and Danny Hakim (New York Times) for MSN Ethics Connecticut: “Judge Rules UConn Did Not Violate Ethics Law in Hiring… [read post]
29 Oct 2018, 12:13 am
Michael was exactly my age, and loved baseball as much as I did. [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 10:22 am
The Innocence Project represented Michael Morton, a Williamson County resident who spent almost 25 years in prison for the 1986 murder of his wife, a crime he did not commit. [read post]
13 Oct 2018, 7:29 am
KXAN recapped his hackery this week in the Michael Morton case.Crowdfunding not enough $ for rape kitsThe crowdfunding bill passed last session at the Texas Legislature didn't go nearly far enough to clear backlogs of untested rape kits, a new documentary demonstrates.Man bites dog Prosecutors support expungementThe New York Times reported that some prosecutors are beginning to embrace expungement as part of reentry-related criminal-justice reforms. [read post]
20 Sep 2018, 7:18 am
A jury awarded the man $2.3 million, but the Fifth Circuit threw that out, insisting the state did no wrong because the prosecutor had no obligation to inform the defendant at the time he pled that the government was in possession of video showing he was innocent.FWIW, in state-court cases in Texas, the Michael Morton Act now does require prosecutors to disclose exculpatory evidence if the defense requests it, even in the pretrial phase of the prosecution. [read post]
16 Sep 2018, 5:17 pm
” Michael Collins of USA Today reports that “Woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault speaks out in account published by Washington Post. [read post]
23 Jul 2018, 3:00 am
The event will feature a discussion with Mitchell Silber, Jesse Morton, and Seth G. [read post]
7 Jul 2018, 7:39 am
We have the following statement from the department, written by Professor Keller's colleague Michael Willrich:The Brandeis History Department is saddened by the loss of our colleague and great friend, Morton “Mickey” Keller. [read post]
29 May 2018, 10:19 am
" By contrast, findings by the CCA of prosecutorial misconduct are relatively rare.Soule predicted Texas will soon see cases where ineffectiveness is alleged based on defense attorneys failing to invoke the Michael Morton Act or examine the state's evidence.Grits has heard the same thing, fwiw, particularly in jurisdictions where attorneys are given electronic access to discovery, which means prosecutors and judges can tell if they never bothered to access it. [read post]
17 May 2018, 8:00 am
The attorneys successfully handling this tragic case were Paul Bekman and Michael Smith. [read post]
29 Apr 2018, 7:03 pm
" So Scott, what does this episode tell us about Texas prosecutors compliance with the Michael Morton act? [read post]
