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13 Nov 2011, 4:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A staff editorial in the Austin Statesman argues that the state bar "must act forcefully in the pursuit of justice" by sanctioning District Judge Ken Anderson and Williamson County DA John Bradley over their roles in withholding exculpatory evidence in the Michael Morton exoneration. [read post]
3 Sep 2007, 1:26 pm
Michael Morton, Jason Harris, Brian Bowman, Marcus Hughes and Cory Gray were all named in Jones' lawsuit, along with the Alpha Xi chapter and the regional and national offices of the fraternity. [read post]
8 Feb 2013, 8:01 am by Indefensible
 Ken Anderson calls the case of Michael Morton his "worst nightmare." [read post]
10 Nov 2013, 7:35 am
That all did happen to Michael Morton, who really did serve 25 years for murdering his wife, in spite of his innocence. [read post]
16 Mar 2013, 5:42 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Meanwhile, the Dallas News brings word of a forthcoming documentary about a federal prisoner from Texas who was convicted of murdering a police officer on a North Dakota Indian reservation, a case ably chronicled by Texas Monthly's Michael Hall six years ago, and again last fall in the New York Times, but whose path to exoneration is much tougher because he was convicted in federal court. [read post]
5 Jun 2015, 7:20 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Jail phone calls and the Michael Morton Act If a jail records all inmate phone calls are prosecutors required to vet them for Brady material under the Michael Morton Act? [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 5:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Has the Michael Morton case damaged him beyond repair, or will voters believe his road to Damascus schtick? [read post]
27 Aug 2013, 10:25 am by Gritsforbreakfast
It's fairly stunning to see that argument made in Williamson County so soon in the aftermath of the Michael Morton exoneration. [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 11:09 am by Gritsforbreakfast
There's more than one way to skin this particular cat and only now - thanks in large part to the Anthony Graves and Michael Morton cases - are policymakers in Texas beginning to seriously discuss exactly how the Legislature might go about reining in over-ambitious prosecutors who are willing to cheat to win.RELATED: State Bar should sanction prosecutor from Michael Morto [read post]
5 Apr 2016, 6:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Maryland and the Michael Morton Act, Texas prosecutors are obligated to produce. [read post]
10 Feb 2017, 10:07 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Maryland.Under the Michael Morton Act, prosecutors are responsible for providing the defense with impeachment evidence about their witnesses, including police officers. [read post]
20 Jun 2017, 10:56 am by John Floyd
In 2013, the Texas Legislature enacted the Michael Morton Act. [read post]
11 Nov 2017, 10:15 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" But the Fair Punishment story does not, and referenced a couple of Texas cases from before the passage of the Michael Morton Act. [read post]
12 Jul 2011, 6:51 pm by SOIssues
Randall Hoffman Original Article 07/12/2011 By JENNY MICHAEL A former police officer and judge has pleaded guilty to three sex charges, one of which could put him in prison for the rest of his life. [read post]
31 Oct 2015, 7:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Kill Swearingen without testing guarantees questions will hang over the case because of such an aggressive, disingenuous stance by the DA, which is reminiscent to this writer's mind of John Bradley's years-long battle to deny DNA testing to Michael Morton. [read post]
8 Oct 2014, 6:21 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Bravo's partner didn't even get a one-day suspension.As an aside, this has implications for the Michael Morton Act. [read post]
10 Jan 2024, 5:42 pm by Mark Graber
  James Heilpern and Michael Worthy have a terrific piece on SSRN that geometrically expands the number of commentators and commentary from 1866 to 1868 that treats the president as an officer of the United States for Section 3 purposes. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 5:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Morton: "During one of the Michael Morton hearings in September of this year, Coleman was overheard by several people mocking Morton's attorney, John Raley, who had argued for the relevance of a key piece of evidence which played a pivotal role in exonerating Morton. [read post]
12 Nov 2011, 12:34 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Relatedly, the Williamson County Sun concluded this story with a telling exchange between Morton's attorney John Raley and the amnesiac investigator in the case, Don Wood:RALEY: Before this deposition started, when I told you that I represented Michael Morton, you said, ‘I thought you were one of the good guys. [read post]