Ken Anderson Responds to State Bar's Ethics Filing
Lawyers for Williamson County State District Judge Ken Anderson said in a legal document filed Monday that the Texas State Bar’s claims that the former district attorney violated state ethics rules in the 1987 prosecution of Michael Morton are barred by the statute of limitations.
The State Bar of Texas filed a disciplinary case against Anderson last month, alleging that he deliberately withheld evidence and made false statements to the court during the trial that led to Morton’s wrongful conviction.
Morton was sentenced to life and spent nearly 25 years in prison for the August 1986 murder of ...
Comments (4)
Pickles Sorrell
Anderson should go for a bench trial. Regardless of the merits of the charges against him, the State Bar lawyers could not prosecute their way out of a wet paper bag. Anderson will walk.
Chris Eddleman
I hope mister Anderson has to make public apology and disbarment , and he has to give his plaque that says he was prosecutor of the year. Or maybe we should hang him on the big oak tree outside the courthouse that way he won't harm anyone else...
Christine Lund
The whole premise of our country's justice system is that you are innocent until proven guilty. Unless it's fixed. This man should have to serve the sentence that he put on his victim and all his income for the last 25 years should be awarded, at a minimum, to the man who served time he didn't deserve. I suppose it will be enough to see this man be in jail with men he may have illegally imprisoned. If there is one case, okay, it was a misjudgement but if there are two? Was this laziness, stupidity, immoral character or is this the way he handled everything? I cannot imagine spending 25 years in prison for a crime committed against me and mine. Did the murderer go on to do other damage? Then the prosecutor should be liable there. It amazes me that anyone could do this much damage to another human being and all the people that love him. How did he grieve while on trial for her murder? Losing a loved one is life shattering but to be on trial while the murderer is out free to do anything he wanted. There cannot be a statute of limitations on deliberately leaving a murderer free while imprisoning an innocent man. I must be terribly naive because this is clearcut to me.
Jay Bourke
As if an innocent life spent behind bars for over 25 yrs. is not tragedy enough, it becomes compounded by the actions of certain officers of the Justice system refusal to address legitimate concerns for years. Such foot dragging could lead one to believe that "Judge" Anderson was more concerned about his record of "achievements" than trying to right a significant wrong to an innocent citizen. When Anderson states that he regrets mistakes in the system, he is trying to shift the blame from himself onto others. A mistake is someone misfiling a document...a mistake is mislabeling a piece of evidence, etc. What Judge Anderson allegedly did was hide evidence from the defense. Where I come from, we don't call that kind of behavior a "mistake". I wonder how many others litter the path of this "outstanding officer of the Judicial system"?. What a shame. There will be a final Judgement Day. I am sure that the Good Lord will be most impressed with Anderson's many plaques.