Exonerated of Murder, Morton Seeks Prosecutor Inquiry
Updated 10:30 a.m.: Lawyers for Michael Morton this morning filed a report requesting a court of inquiry to examine the role of Williamson County state district Judge Ken Anderson, the former prosecutor, in Morton's wrongful conviction.
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A Texas man wrongfully convicted in 1987 of murdering his wife is scheduled to be officially exonerated on Monday.
That is no longer so unusual in Texas, where 45 inmates have been exonerated in the last decade based on DNA evidence. What is unprecedented is the move planned by lawyers for the man, Michael Morton: They are expected to file a ...
Comments (6)
Wayne Beamer via Texas Tribune on Facebook
This is a horrible case of malfeasance. Thanks TT for great reporting!
MaryLou VandeRiet via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I hope the special inquiry gets..A Pound Of Flesh !!!!...
Glenda Hawthorne via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Good job Brandi. Keep on shining the light.
Max Sped
The injustice to Morton as a direct result of Anderson’s deliberate actions is sufficiently heinous to require prison time. All district attorneys must realize that in their desire to win they are not allowed to distort or misrepresent the facts.
We elect the district attorney to seek justice NOT to act as judge and jury to decide the guilt or innocence of the ALLEDGED criminal.
Dale Curry
Excellent article and thank you tribune for your excellent reporting. I was "amused" by Anderson's attorney Dietz writing, "that while his client welcomed “positive discussion about criminal justice reforms,” “false and defamatory statements regarding Anderson’s conduct as a prosecutor in the Morton case have no proper place in that discussion.” Would those false and defamatory statements, like Anderson telling the jury that the undigested contents of the victims stomach proved Morton's guilt, when in fact, it did not. Since the desire is NOT to have false and defamatory statements, here is one for Mr. Dietz, "Your client, a 'respected' officer of the court intentionally withheld evidence from the defense leading to a wrongful conviction and the death of another victim. Your client has a great deal of blood on his hands." Is that true enough for you, Mr. Dietz?
lawrence luey
This disgusting so called example of a texas judge, is more a reminder of the entire warped system of justice the state of texas, and the south adheres to. After reading an editorial in the NYT this evening i researched the bio of judge anderson, the final paragraph discusses the judges righteous family life, his volunteer activities with the boy scouts, but most impressive and analogous with any and every god damn moronic politician in texas and the south, his RELIGIOUS affiliation teaching sunday school ... what a god damn hypocrite.
pvd