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16 Apr 2014, 10:57 am by Susan I. Nelson
Raley worked pro-bono for 9 years to free Michael Morton who, falsely prosecuted for murdering his wife, had spent 25 years behind bars for a crime he had not committed based on a District Attorney’s withholding evidence. [read post]
3 Jun 2015, 5:36 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In mid-session, the Texas Defender Service and Texas Appleseed came out with a joint report titled, "Towards More Transparent Justice: The Michael Morton Act's First Year," evaluating Texas' new criminal discovery law that took effect January 2014. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 12:47 pm by Steve Hall
The State Bar of Texas has dismissed a complaint alleging that Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley engaged in misconduct and violated ethics rules in his handling of the Michael Morton case. [read post]
16 Nov 2015, 11:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
But only after passage of the Michael Morton Act, which explicitly demands that impeachment material be handed over, has the issue come clearly into focus among the various stakeholders. [read post]
14 Oct 2011, 8:44 am by Steve Hall
" Earlier coverage of Michael Morton's exoneration begins at the link. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 8:09 am by Steve Hall
Earlier coverage of Michael Morton's case begins at the link. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 6:17 am by Nathan Koppel
The Williamson County District Attorney’s Office, which prosecuted Morton, agreed to his release. [read post]
11 Nov 2020, 10:48 am by Dani Selby
However, a recent Texas Supreme Court case involving Eric Hillman, a former assistant district attorney in the Nueces County District Attorney’s Office, highlighted a major flaw of the Michael Morton Act. [read post]
24 Feb 2012, 5:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In most pictures I see of Michael Morton he has a big grin on his face, like the cat who just ate the canary. [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 9:17 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Too little, way too late.Related: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 Michael Morton case but almost certainly won't What can the Texas Legislature do to reduce prosecutorial misconduct? [read post]
9 Sep 2019, 12:02 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Maryland/the Michael Morton Act.The issue arose because the DA's office did not hand over evidence of sustained misconduct against an arresting officer in a DWI case until the eve of trial, many months after it was in their possession and the judge ordered them to turn it over. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 7:24 am by Steve Hall
Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley (who was not in that office when Morton was convicted in 1987) for years blocked DNA testing of evidence that ultimately cleared Morton. [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 8:11 am by Steve Hall
The court of inquiry examining former Williamson County prosecutor Ken Anderson's role in the Michael Morton case will progress slowly for the next three months, the special prosecutor said Monday. [read post]
27 Feb 2013, 7:19 am by Gritsforbreakfast
“As long as somebody is in prison as a result of fraudulent or illegal activity from an overzealous prosecutor, they shouldn’t have their ability to have their day in court taken from them,” Morton said in a statement released by the senator’s office. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 5:43 am by Walter Reaves
The case was none other than the one that MIchael Morton was convicted for - the death of his wife, Christine. [read post]
29 Dec 2011, 6:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Today's New York Times includes a staff editorial focused on Judge Ken Anderson's role in Michael Morton's false conviction out of Williamson County. [read post]
28 Feb 2016, 4:32 pm by John Floyd
In 2011, DNA results completely exonerated Michael Morton as the killer of his wife. [read post]
12 Nov 2013, 4:00 am
 Is this penalty sufficient punishment for a former prosecutor who intentionally hid exculpatory evidence that sent a man to prison for twenty five years, took him away from his now de facto orphaned young son, and basically ruined Michael Morton's life? [read post]