Prosecutor Will Not Seek Death Penalty in '86 Murder
GEORGETOWN — Special prosecutor Lisa Tanner will not seek the death penalty for Mark Norwood, the Bastrop man charged with the 1986 murder of Christine Morton, a crime for which her husband was wrongfully imprisoned for nearly 25 years.
Tanner, an assistant attorney general who is leading the case against Norwood, filed a notice Wednesday in the 368th Williamson County District Court advising the court that the state would not seek the death penalty after consulting with family members of Christine Morton.
She was found bludgeoned to death in her bed on Aug. 13, 1986, in the home she shared with ...
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Jim Vance
Why not, and what were the reasons expressed for not seeking the death penalty? If not that, then the State had better seek life without parole and put the perpetrator of those horrific crimes to work for the public good in some fashion over that remaining time.