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30 Mar 2012, 6:14 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Thompson, the existing landscape on oversight of prosecutors is pretty bleak.I'll write up my own notes from the event over the weekend, but here's some of the initial MSM coverage from yesterday's forum, most of which so far has focused on Michael Morton's case as opposed to the broader issues, as well as a two-part interview with Michael Morton in the Austin Statesman:KXAN-TV: Morton talks prosecutor accountabilityKVUE-TV: Exoneree… [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 8:10 am by Steve Hall
Earlier coverage of Michael Morton's exoneration and search for causes of his wrongful conviction. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 7:13 am by Steve Hall
  Here's the beginning: Combining tenacity with legal creativity, lawyers for Michael Morton are doing something that has never been attempted in the nation's 280 previous DNA exoneration cases: They're investigating the prosecutor who sent Morton away for a murder he did not commit. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 5:26 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"It's not every day that a convicted murderer clears his name and then returns to court to argue that his prosecutor should be prosecuted," correspondent Lara Logan said at the opening of 60 Minutes' segment last night featuring Michael Morton's first media interview since his exoneration. [read post]
24 Dec 2014, 7:45 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Travis County officials are grumbling at the costs of implementing the Michael Morton Act. [read post]
13 Nov 2012, 2:00 pm
In an op-ed in Monday's New York Times, columnist Joe Nocera recounts Michael Morton's case and the Court of Inquiry for former District Attorney who prosecuted the case. [read post]
6 Nov 2011, 8:39 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Even so, between his testimony and Bayardo's a clearer picture is emerging of exactly how Michael Morton's false conviction occurred. [read post]
22 Oct 2011, 5:00 am by Gritsforbreakfast
This schtick is getting old.Related Grits posts:Stare bar will investigate prosecutor misconduct in Michael Morton case Unable to squelch prosecutor misconduct allegations, John Bradley passes them off to AG John Bradley tries to short-circuit investigation into prosecutor misconduct in Michael Morton case John Bradley facing local, national criticism now that Michael Morton formally exoneratedState Bar should sanction prosecutor from… [read post]
9 Aug 2015, 9:55 am by Gritsforbreakfast
  So, Mandy, start by telling us, what was the Michael Morton Act? [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 6:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"Add to this news the fact that Bradley later met with Judge Anderson, Davis' attorney and the amnemonic lead investigator in the case Don Wood to go over the evidence in detail prior to their depositions, and we're starting to get a more complete picture of the behind the scenes tensions playing out among these long-time political and professional allies as a result of Michael Morton's exoneration. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 3:05 pm
I can't re-establish every single thing I lost with my son, but we can do something," Morton said. [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 4:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
So despite his latter-day conversion, another turn in the barrel for the Michael Morton case in the national media likely won't do Bradley's re-election campaign much good. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 7:31 am by Steve Hall
Earlier coverage of the Michael Morton case begins at the link. [read post]
21 Dec 2011, 4:34 pm
The Innocence Project was successful in overturning the conviction of Michael Morton when a piece of evidence in his case was re-tested and found not to contain the DNA of Morton but of another man. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 7:03 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Drawing meaning from the Michael Morton exonerationRoundup: Coverage of prosecutorial misconduct in the Michael Morton caseHolding judges accountable for past misconduct: William Adams and Ken AndersonRoundup of Williamson County prosecutorial misconduct fiascoOn the road to Damascus: The conversion of John BradleyEditorials: Weak state bar has failed in oversight role on prosecutor misconductBradley, Anderson engaged in 'heated discussion' after… [read post]