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8 Sep 2021, 7:37 am by Dani Selby
Getting Life by Michael Morton The day after Michael Morton’s 32nd birthday, he returned home from a full day at work to discover that his wife had been murdered in their home. [read post]
22 Aug 2013, 5:53 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Michael Mayes, that a new trial was warranted because the state’s key witness, Dr. [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 12:03 pm by Jeff Gamso
TexasFrom the Texas Tribune, via Grits, we learn about the latest on Michael Morton who was convicted of murdering his wife, Christine. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 6:08 am
Immigration and Customs Enforcement says that they're making "key improvements" to locate and remove dangerous and illegal immigrants. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 2:55 pm by Carlita Salazar
Several years ago, Texas Legislature enacted the Michael Morton Act to prevent prosecutors from suppressing evidence. [read post]
9 Oct 2012, 3:17 pm by Michael Kaplen
Reitter, CAE   Executive Vice President & COO, Brain Injury Association of America > Joseph Vollaro, PhD    President, RES Company, and Professor of Psychology, Suffolk County Com­munity College > Michael V. [read post]
8 May 2013, 10:49 am by Michael Lowe
Specifically, the former prosecutor was found to have done two bad things:  withholding  (1) the transcript of an interview local police had with Michael Morton’s little boy where the child told them that his dad was not home when his mother was killed and that he had seen the murder as it happened; and (2) evidence that there was a green van parked near the Morton’s house that day, and that a stranger was seen parking the green van and walking not… [read post]
8 May 2013, 10:49 am by Michael Lowe
Specifically, the former prosecutor was found to have done two bad things:  withholding  (1) the transcript of an interview local police had with Michael Morton’s little boy where the child told them that his dad was not home when his mother was killed and that he had seen the murder as it happened; and (2) evidence that there was a green van parked near the Morton’s house that day, and that a stranger was seen parking the green van and walking not… [read post]
23 Dec 2013, 1:44 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Just to clear Grits' browser tabs before a Christmas break, here are a few items that caught my eye but haven't made it into individual blog posts:Why the state bar went after Ken Anderson but not Charles SebestaIf former Williamson County DA Ken Anderson was punished for prosecutorial misconduct for his withholding evidence in the Michael Morton case, why wasn't former Burleson County DA Charles Sebesta punished for even more egregious actions taken to secure a false conviction… [read post]
1 Dec 2012, 7:23 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In the wake of the Michael Morton exoneration and the pending court of inquiry related to alleged prosecutor misconduct in his case, Texas has witnessed calls for greater regulation of prosecutors that will likely lead to concrete legislative proposals in the coming year. [read post]
9 Nov 2014, 8:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
His office modeled open file policies, even for habeas corpus writs, well before the Michael Morton Act. [read post]
14 Sep 2009, 4:03 am
But I thought the rest of the movie made some compelling, and relatively measured (for Michael Moore) points... [read post]
7 May 2012, 12:00 pm
But as the cases of Michael Morton and John Thompson illustrate, we need to make sure meaningful external processes exist to investigate deliberate misconduct by the very people we entrust to be our guardians of justice. [read post]
24 Jul 2013, 3:00 pm by Michael Lowe
Williamson County District Attorney Ken Anderson Ken Anderson was the district attorney who made a name for himself, and not in a good way, as a result of the overturning of Michael Morton’s conviction for the murder of his wife. [read post]
27 Nov 2011, 6:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A few odds and ends for your holiday reading pleasure:When lightning strikesWilliamson County District Attorney John Bradley told the Dallas News that the Michael Morton DNA test results hit him like a "lightning bolt. [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 8:12 am by Steve Hall
Greg Abbott's office announced that it would act as special prosecutor in investigating similar allegations that prosecutors in an Austin suburb withheld evidence in the 1987 trial of Michael Morton. [read post]