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16 Feb 2019, 8:05 am by Gritsforbreakfast
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 by Gritsforbreakfast
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]
15 Jan 2019, 12:23 pm by John Floyd
  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]
12 Nov 2018, 2:38 pm by [email protected]
Michael Morton became the poster child for wrongful convictions in Texas. [read post]
12 Nov 2018, 2:38 pm by [email protected]
Michael Morton became the poster child for wrongful convictions in Texas. [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 10:22 am by Emma Zack
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]
20 Sep 2018, 7:18 am by Gritsforbreakfast
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]
23 Jul 2018, 3:00 am by Victoria Clark
The event will feature a discussion with Mitchell Silber, Jesse Morton, and Seth G. [read post]
27 Apr 2018, 3:23 am by Michael Lowe
For an example of a Factual Resume, see the Factual Resume for George Morton published online by the Department of Justice, Office of the U.S. [read post]
27 Mar 2018, 8:00 am by Robert Kreisman
Craig Cunningham filed a lawsuit against Michael Montes and tried to serve Montes at his Wisconsin address. [read post]
21 Feb 2018, 2:46 am by Michael Lowe
  See: Texas Prosecutor on Trial for Prosecutorial Misconduct Prosecutorial Misconduct in Texas: Continuing Injustice Prosecutorial Misconduct Rules Issued by Texas Supreme Court: Where is Michael Morton’s Prosecutor, Ken Anderson, Now? [read post]
21 Feb 2018, 2:46 am by Michael Lowe
  See: Texas Prosecutor on Trial for Prosecutorial Misconduct Prosecutorial Misconduct in Texas: Continuing Injustice Prosecutorial Misconduct Rules Issued by Texas Supreme Court: Where is Michael Morton’s Prosecutor, Ken Anderson, Now? [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]