Aaronson interactively maps Texas Medicaid providers, Aguilar talks legalization with the head of the Drug Policy Alliance, Galbraith on farmers watering what they know won’t grow, Grisson sits down with exoneree Michael Morton, Hamilton on the elusive $10,000 college degree, Murphy et al. update the 2012 election brackets, Ramsey on Bill Ratliff’s frank budget analysis, Ramshaw on a hospital where the overweight need not apply, Root on Joe Straus’ primary opponent and Tan rounds up reactions to the Supreme Court’s health care hearings: The best of our best content from March 26-30, 2012.
Michael Morton
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Study: Prosecutors Did Not Face Discipline for Misconduct in Cases
Innocence Project data to be released today shows that in 91 Texas cases of prosecutorial misconduct, prosecutors faced no discipline.
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Ken Anderson Court of Inquiry Set to Begin Sept. 11
The court of inquiry that will investigate whether former prosecutor Ken Anderson committed criminal prosecutorial misconduct in Michael Morton’s 1987 trial will get under way in September.
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Criminal Justice
Morton Talks About Ordeal, Life After Prison
“Life is really, really good,” said Michael Morton, who was exonerated in the 1986 murder of his wife. He tells the Tribune of his ordeal and his newfound freedom.
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Criminal Justice
“Accountability Works,” Morton Tells “60 Minutes”
On Sunday’s edition of 60 Minutes, Texas exoneree Michael Morton told Lara Logan that it’s not revenge he’s after — it’s accountability.
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“60 Minutes” to Feature Michael Morton on Sunday
Texas DNA exoneree Michael Morton, who spent 25 years wrongfully incarcerated for his wife’s murder, will be the subject of the CBS news program 60 Minutes on Sunday.
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Criminal Justice
Special Prosecutor Appointed in Morton Case
A Houston lawyer with a long list of high profile clients has been tapped to be the prosecutor in the court of inquiry into possible misconduct in the case of Michael Morton, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1987.
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Criminal Justice
Survivor of 1990 Attack Suggests Link to Murders
Police never identified the tall, thin, long-haired man who more than 20 years ago beat Debi Scott with a rotten log as she slept. She thinks her attacker was probably Mark Norwood, who is in Williamson County Jail awaiting trial on a murder charge.
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Criminal Justice
State Seeks Gag Order in 1986 Murder Case
A Williamson County judge will consider silencing parties to the murder case against Mark Alan Norwood. He is charged with the 1986 beating death of Christine Morton, whose husband spent nearly 25 years in prison for the crime.
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Fort Worth Judge Will Preside Over Ken Anderson Court of Inquiry
Tarrant County state district Judge Louis Sturns will lead a court of inquiry to investigate allegations of criminal misconduct against former prosecutor Ken Anderson in the wrongful murder conviction of Michael Morton.