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Michael Morton (criminal justice)

October 28, 2023

Michael Morton (born August 12, 1954) is an American who was wrongfully convicted in 1987 in a Williamson County, Texas court of the 1986 murder of his wife Christine Morton. He spent nearly 25 years in prison before he was exonerated by DNA evidence which supported his claim of innocence and pointed to the crime being committed by another individual. Morton was released from prison on October 4, 2011, and another man, Mark Alan Norwood, was convicted of the murder in 2013. The prosecutor in the case, Ken Anderson, was convicted of contempt of court for withholding evidence after the judge had ordered its release to the defense.

Michael Morton
Born (1954-08-12) August 12, 1954 (age 69)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Known forMiscarriage of justice
Criminal chargeMurder (1987)
Criminal penaltyLife
Criminal statusReleased October 2011
Exonerated December 2011
Spouses
Christine Kirkpatrick
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(m. 1979; died 1986)​
Cynthia May Chessman
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(m. 2013)​
Children1

Early life edit

Michael Morton was born August 12, 1954.[1]

First marriage edit

In 1976, while attending Stephen F. Austin State University, in Nacogdoches, Texas, Morton met Christine Kirkpatrick. They married in 1979 and had one child, Eric, in 1983. Eric had a congenital heart defect, which required open-heart surgery, which could not be safely attempted until he was three years old. Six weeks after their son's successful surgery, on August 12, 1986, Morton and his family celebrated his birthday. The next day, after Morton had left for work, Christine Morton was beaten to death in her bed while Eric was present.[2]

Conviction, DNA testing and acquittal edit

On September 25, 1986, Morton was arrested and charged with the murder of his wife. He was convicted in February 1987 and sentenced to life in prison.[3]

Pro bono civil attorney John Raley of Houston, Texas, together with Nina Morrison of the New York-based Innocence Project, filed Morton's motion for DNA testing in February 2005. In 2010, Morton was offered parole if he expressed remorse over murdering his wife. Raley told the Texas Tribune about the conversation he had with Morton on the subject:

"...Michael said that he understood that he would be paroled if he only showed remorse for his crime. And I said, 'What are you going to do?' I didn't feel like I could advise him on that because, I mean, you know [it had been] 23 years now. I don't think anybody would have blamed him if he said, 'I'm really sorry, let me go.'

But Michael is a man of great integrity, and he would not lie to get out of prison.

And he said, 'All I have left is my actual innocence, and if I have to be in prison the rest of my life, I'm not giving that up.'...And I said, 'Michael, I promise you, I will never quit.'"[4]

After initially being held in the Williamson County Jail, Morton was held at several Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prisons: the Diagnostic Unit in Huntsville, Wynne Unit in Huntsville,[2] Ramsey I Unit in Brazoria County, and the Michael Unit in Anderson County. While imprisoned he did academic coursework, obtaining a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in literature; he requested a transfer to Ramsey for the master's program there, and was sent to Michael after he completed the program.[5]

Raley and Morrison relentlessly sought a court order for DNA testing in state and federal courts until the testing was finally achieved in June, 2011.[3] Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley "tenaciously fought" against DNA testing for six years before a judge finally ordered the tests.[6]

Morton was freed on October 4, 2011 (and formally acquitted by Bexar County District Judge Sid Harle on December 19, 2011) after DNA tests linked another man, Mark Alan Norwood, to Christine Morton's murder.[7]

Conviction of Mark Alan Norwood edit

Mark Alan Norwood, a Bastrop dishwasher who lived in Austin in the mid-1980s, was charged, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment on March 27, 2013, for the 1986 murder of Christine Morton.[8] In September 2016, he was convicted in a separate case for the January 1988 murder of Debra Masters Baker in her Austin home.[9] Both women were beaten to death in their beds under similar circumstances.[3]

The Innocence Project subsequently filed a motion to remove Bradley from further court proceedings, but stopped pursuing it after Bradley agreed to dismiss the indictment against Morton, which allowed Morton to collect compensation. Under Texas law, he became eligible to receive a lump sum based on the number of years served in prison, plus a lifetime annuity of $80,000 per year, as well as job training and educational aid.[10][11]

Conviction of prosecutor Ken Anderson edit

On November 16, 2011, Morton's original prosecutor, Ken Anderson, told reporters: "I want to formally apologize for the system's failure to Mr. Morton. In hindsight, the verdict was wrong." Baker's daughter said she was unmoved by Anderson's apology and held him partially responsible for her mother's death because he and investigators allowed a killer to escape detection by focusing so intently on Morton. "It is harder for me to hear him not holding himself accountable. He is not taking responsibility," she said.[12]

The same day as Morton's formal acquittal, Morton's attorneys (including Raley, Morrison, Barry Scheck of the Innocence Project, and Gerald Goldstein and Cynthia Orr of San Antonio) asked Harle to order a "court of inquiry" into the actions of Anderson, who was then a district judge in Williamson County. A court of inquiry is a special court that investigates allegations of misconduct by elected officials in Texas.[7][13] Morton had accused Anderson of failing to provide defense lawyers with exculpatory evidence indicating that another man might have killed Morton's wife, including information that his 3-year-old son witnessed the murder and said that his father was not home at the time.[14][15][16] Morton's attorneys discovered this evidence while preparing a final appeal, and were able to get Anderson and others involved in the investigation deposed under oath.

On February 20, 2012, Harle asked the Texas Supreme Court to convene a court of inquiry, finding that there was evidence to support Morton's contention that Anderson had tampered with evidence and should have been held in contempt of court for not complying with the trial judge's order to let him review all possible exculpatory evidence. The court of inquiry began on February 4, 2013.[17] On April 19, 2013, the court of inquiry ordered Anderson to be arrested, saying "This court cannot think of a more intentionally harmful act than a prosecutor's conscious choice to hide mitigating evidence so as to create an uneven playing field for a defendant facing a murder charge and a life sentence."[18] Anderson responded by claiming immunity from any prosecution under the expiry of applicable statutes of limitation.[19] On September 23, 2013, Anderson resigned from his position as district court judge.

On November 8, 2013, Anderson was found to be in contempt of court by 9th Judicial District Judge Kelly Moore. Anderson pled no contest to the charges as part of a plea bargain. He was sentenced to 10 days in county jail, and was ordered to report to jail no later than December 2, 2013. He received credit for one day he spent in jail in April 2013, when he was arrested following the court of inquiry. He was also fined $500, and ordered to perform 500 hours of community service. He agreed to give up his license to practice law in exchange for having the charges of evidence tampering dropped. He will be eligible to apply to have his law license reinstated after five years.[20][21][22] On November 15, 2013, Anderson was released from jail after having served five days of his 10-day sentence; he was released early after receiving credit for good behavior.[23]

After the plea agreement was announced, it was publicly revealed that Williamson County District Attorney Jana Duty agreed to authorize an independent review of every case that Anderson ever prosecuted, along with every case in which Bradley successfully opposed DNA testing.[24]

The Michael Morton Act edit

On May 16, 2013, Governor of Texas Rick Perry signed Texas Senate Bill 1611, also called the Michael Morton Act, into law. The Act is designed to ensure a more open discovery process. The bill's open file policy removes barriers for accessing evidence. Morton was present for the signing of the bill, which became law on September 1, 2013.[25]

Later life edit

Morton lived with his parents in Liberty City, Texas after being released from prison before moving to Kilgore, Texas.[26] He was able to reconnect with his son, Eric.[3] Eric had been adopted by Christine Morton's sister and her husband, and had cut contact with his father when he was fifteen because he believed that he was guilty of his mother's murder.[2]

In 2013, Morton married Cynthia May Chessman, who he met at his church.[3]

In popular media edit

Morton's case was featured on CBS's 60 Minutes on March 25, 2012.[14][27] It was also featured on "Katie," the Katie Couric show, on November 13, 2012.[28]

A novel based on the case, entitled Depraved Prosecution, was published in July 2012 by Kurt Johnson, a writer living in Williamson County; in the novel the fictional location of "Wiyamsun County" is the setting.[29]

The Morton case is also depicted in a 2013 documentary film, An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story, directed by Al Reinert.[30] The film was featured on CNN Films December 8, 2013.[31]

Morton's memoir, "Getting Life: An Innocent Man's 25-Year Journey from Prison to Peace," was released on July 8, 2014.[32]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Michael Morton". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  2. ^ a b c Colloff, Pamela (2013-01-21). "The Innocent Man, Part One". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  3. ^ a b c d e Colloff, Pamela (December 2012). "The Innocent Man, Part Two". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  4. ^ Grissom, Brandi (12 January 2012). "John Raley: The TT Interview". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  5. ^ Colloff, Pamela (December 2012). "The Innocent Man, Part Two". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  6. ^ "A Tough Prosecutor Finds His Certitude Shaken by a Prisoner's Exoneration". Texas Tribune. 2011-11-18.
  7. ^ a b "Inquiry sought for Texas prosecutor over wrongful conviction". Los Angeles Times. 2011-12-20. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  8. ^ Colloff, Pamela (2013-03-27). "Mark Alan Norwood Found Guilty of Christine Morton's Murder". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  9. ^ Glas, Brittany (2016-09-23). "Mark Norwood found guilty of 2nd murder, sentenced to life". KXAN. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  10. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
  11. ^ Michael Morton Goes Free After Nearly 25 Years in Prison, Exonerated for Wife's Murder - ABC News
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on 2011-12-20. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  13. ^ . Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  14. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
  15. ^ Michael Morton's lawyers aim to prove misconduct - Austin American-Statesman
  16. ^ "60 Minutes" to Feature Michael Morton on Sunday - Texas Tribune
  17. ^ Austin American-Statesman, 2013-02-03.
  18. ^ Lindell, Chuck (2013-04-19). "Ken Anderson Court of Inquiry Resumes". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  19. ^ Chamma, Maurice. Anderson Appeals, Citing Statute of Limitations. Texas Tribune, 2013-04-23.
  20. ^ Lindell, Chuck (2013-11-08). . Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  21. ^ "The Honorable Kelly G. Moore". Texas State Directory Online. 2016-12-21.
  22. ^ Stutzman, Brad (2013-11-08). . Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
  23. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
  24. ^ Jail Time May Be the Least of Ken Anderson's Problems - Texas Monthly
  25. ^ "Gov. Perry Signs Senate Bill 1611, The Michael Morton Act". Vote Smart. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  26. ^ "Michael Morton". Innocence Project. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  27. ^ Freedom after nearly 25 years of wrongful imprisonment - CBS News
  28. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  29. ^ . Archived from the original on July 15, 2013.
  30. ^ Buchholz, Brad. Michael Morton documentary is a reflection of grace 2013-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. Austin American-Statesman, 2013-03-07.
  31. ^ Levs, Josh (4 December 2013). "25 years gone: Texas inmate Michael Morton cleared in wife's murder". CNN. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  32. ^ "GETTING LIFE by Michael Morton | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. 2014-05-21.

External links edit

  • Michael Morton's home page
  • Michael Morton's Quora page
  • "Texas Man Freed After Serving Nearly 25 Years for Murdering His Wife That New DNA Evidence Shows He Didn't Commit at the Innocence Project". Archived from the original on 2013-09-05. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  • Freedom after nearly 25 years of wrongful imprisonment at 60 Minutes
  • . Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
  • Free After 25 Years: A Tale Of Murder And Injustice (NPR WEE-Sat 28APR2012)

Further reading edit

  • Long-form exposé, with extensive, detailed background information: The Innocent Man (Texas Monthly, November 2012)
  • Truth finally sets Texas inmate free (Houston Chronicle, 09 October 2011)
  • Editorial: In murder exoneration, a revived debate (Dallas Morning News, 09 October 2011)
  • Michael Morton documentary is a reflection of grace (Austin American-Statesman, 07 March 2013) 11 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine

October 28, 2023
michael, morton, criminal, justice, michael, morton, born, august, 1954, american, wrongfully, convicted, 1987, williamson, county, texas, court, 1986, murder, wife, christine, morton, spent, nearly, years, prison, before, exonerated, evidence, which, supporte. Michael Morton born August 12 1954 is an American who was wrongfully convicted in 1987 in a Williamson County Texas court of the 1986 murder of his wife Christine Morton He spent nearly 25 years in prison before he was exonerated by DNA evidence which supported his claim of innocence and pointed to the crime being committed by another individual Morton was released from prison on October 4 2011 and another man Mark Alan Norwood was convicted of the murder in 2013 The prosecutor in the case Ken Anderson was convicted of contempt of court for withholding evidence after the judge had ordered its release to the defense Michael MortonMorton at the LBJ Presidential LibraryBorn 1954 08 12 August 12 1954 age 69 NationalityAmericanCitizenshipUnited StatesKnown forMiscarriage of justiceCriminal chargeMurder 1987 Criminal penaltyLifeCriminal statusReleased October 2011Exonerated December 2011SpousesChristine Kirkpatrick m 1979 died 1986 wbr Cynthia May Chessman m 2013 wbr Children1 Contents 1 Early life 1 1 First marriage 2 Conviction DNA testing and acquittal 2 1 Conviction of Mark Alan Norwood 3 Conviction of prosecutor Ken Anderson 4 The Michael Morton Act 5 Later life 6 In popular media 7 See also 8 References 9 External links 10 Further readingEarly life editMichael Morton was born August 12 1954 1 First marriage edit In 1976 while attending Stephen F Austin State University in Nacogdoches Texas Morton met Christine Kirkpatrick They married in 1979 and had one child Eric in 1983 Eric had a congenital heart defect which required open heart surgery which could not be safely attempted until he was three years old Six weeks after their son s successful surgery on August 12 1986 Morton and his family celebrated his birthday The next day after Morton had left for work Christine Morton was beaten to death in her bed while Eric was present 2 Conviction DNA testing and acquittal editOn September 25 1986 Morton was arrested and charged with the murder of his wife He was convicted in February 1987 and sentenced to life in prison 3 Pro bono civil attorney John Raley of Houston Texas together with Nina Morrison of the New York based Innocence Project filed Morton s motion for DNA testing in February 2005 In 2010 Morton was offered parole if he expressed remorse over murdering his wife Raley told the Texas Tribune about the conversation he had with Morton on the subject Michael said that he understood that he would be paroled if he only showed remorse for his crime And I said What are you going to do I didn t feel like I could advise him on that because I mean you know it had been 23 years now I don t think anybody would have blamed him if he said I m really sorry let me go But Michael is a man of great integrity and he would not lie to get out of prison And he said All I have left is my actual innocence and if I have to be in prison the rest of my life I m not giving that up And I said Michael I promise you I will never quit 4 After initially being held in the Williamson County Jail Morton was held at several Texas Department of Criminal Justice TDCJ prisons the Diagnostic Unit in Huntsville Wynne Unit in Huntsville 2 Ramsey I Unit in Brazoria County and the Michael Unit in Anderson County While imprisoned he did academic coursework obtaining a bachelor s degree in psychology and a master s degree in literature he requested a transfer to Ramsey for the master s program there and was sent to Michael after he completed the program 5 Raley and Morrison relentlessly sought a court order for DNA testing in state and federal courts until the testing was finally achieved in June 2011 3 Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley tenaciously fought against DNA testing for six years before a judge finally ordered the tests 6 Morton was freed on October 4 2011 and formally acquitted by Bexar County District Judge Sid Harle on December 19 2011 after DNA tests linked another man Mark Alan Norwood to Christine Morton s murder 7 Conviction of Mark Alan Norwood edit Mark Alan Norwood a Bastrop dishwasher who lived in Austin in the mid 1980s was charged convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment on March 27 2013 for the 1986 murder of Christine Morton 8 In September 2016 he was convicted in a separate case for the January 1988 murder of Debra Masters Baker in her Austin home 9 Both women were beaten to death in their beds under similar circumstances 3 The Innocence Project subsequently filed a motion to remove Bradley from further court proceedings but stopped pursuing it after Bradley agreed to dismiss the indictment against Morton which allowed Morton to collect compensation Under Texas law he became eligible to receive a lump sum based on the number of years served in prison plus a lifetime annuity of 80 000 per year as well as job training and educational aid 10 11 Conviction of prosecutor Ken Anderson editOn November 16 2011 Morton s original prosecutor Ken Anderson told reporters I want to formally apologize for the system s failure to Mr Morton In hindsight the verdict was wrong Baker s daughter said she was unmoved by Anderson s apology and held him partially responsible for her mother s death because he and investigators allowed a killer to escape detection by focusing so intently on Morton It is harder for me to hear him not holding himself accountable He is not taking responsibility she said 12 The same day as Morton s formal acquittal Morton s attorneys including Raley Morrison Barry Scheck of the Innocence Project and Gerald Goldstein and Cynthia Orr of San Antonio asked Harle to order a court of inquiry into the actions of Anderson who was then a district judge in Williamson County A court of inquiry is a special court that investigates allegations of misconduct by elected officials in Texas 7 13 Morton had accused Anderson of failing to provide defense lawyers with exculpatory evidence indicating that another man might have killed Morton s wife including information that his 3 year old son witnessed the murder and said that his father was not home at the time 14 15 16 Morton s attorneys discovered this evidence while preparing a final appeal and were able to get Anderson and others involved in the investigation deposed under oath On February 20 2012 Harle asked the Texas Supreme Court to convene a court of inquiry finding that there was evidence to support Morton s contention that Anderson had tampered with evidence and should have been held in contempt of court for not complying with the trial judge s order to let him review all possible exculpatory evidence The court of inquiry began on February 4 2013 17 On April 19 2013 the court of inquiry ordered Anderson to be arrested saying This court cannot think of a more intentionally harmful act than a prosecutor s conscious choice to hide mitigating evidence so as to create an uneven playing field for a defendant facing a murder charge and a life sentence 18 Anderson responded by claiming immunity from any prosecution under the expiry of applicable statutes of limitation 19 On September 23 2013 Anderson resigned from his position as district court judge On November 8 2013 Anderson was found to be in contempt of court by 9th Judicial District Judge Kelly Moore Anderson pled no contest to the charges as part of a plea bargain He was sentenced to 10 days in county jail and was ordered to report to jail no later than December 2 2013 He received credit for one day he spent in jail in April 2013 when he was arrested following the court of inquiry He was also fined 500 and ordered to perform 500 hours of community service He agreed to give up his license to practice law in exchange for having the charges of evidence tampering dropped He will be eligible to apply to have his law license reinstated after five years 20 21 22 On November 15 2013 Anderson was released from jail after having served five days of his 10 day sentence he was released early after receiving credit for good behavior 23 After the plea agreement was announced it was publicly revealed that Williamson County District Attorney Jana Duty agreed to authorize an independent review of every case that Anderson ever prosecuted along with every case in which Bradley successfully opposed DNA testing 24 The Michael Morton Act editOn May 16 2013 Governor of Texas Rick Perry signed Texas Senate Bill 1611 also called the Michael Morton Act into law The Act is designed to ensure a more open discovery process The bill s open file policy removes barriers for accessing evidence Morton was present for the signing of the bill which became law on September 1 2013 25 Later life editMorton lived with his parents in Liberty City Texas after being released from prison before moving to Kilgore Texas 26 He was able to reconnect with his son Eric 3 Eric had been adopted by Christine Morton s sister and her husband and had cut contact with his father when he was fifteen because he believed that he was guilty of his mother s murder 2 In 2013 Morton married Cynthia May Chessman who he met at his church 3 In popular media editMorton s case was featured on CBS s 60 Minutes on March 25 2012 14 27 It was also featured on Katie the Katie Couric show on November 13 2012 28 A novel based on the case entitled Depraved Prosecution was published in July 2012 by Kurt Johnson a writer living in Williamson County in the novel the fictional location of Wiyamsun County is the setting 29 The Morton case is also depicted in a 2013 documentary film An Unreal Dream The Michael Morton Story directed by Al Reinert 30 The film was featured on CNN Films December 8 2013 31 Morton s memoir Getting Life An Innocent Man s 25 Year Journey from Prison to Peace was released on July 8 2014 32 See also edit nbsp Law portal nbsp Texas portalList of miscarriage of justice cases List of wrongful convictions in the United States Overturned convictions in the United States Cameron Todd Willingham Clarence Elkins David Camm Ryan FergusonReferences edit Michael Morton Houston Chronicle Retrieved 2018 02 27 a b c Colloff Pamela 2013 01 21 The Innocent Man Part One Texas Monthly Retrieved 2019 05 05 a b c d e Colloff Pamela December 2012 The Innocent Man Part Two Texas Monthly Retrieved 2020 10 12 Grissom Brandi 12 January 2012 John Raley The TT Interview The Texas Tribune Retrieved 25 November 2017 Colloff Pamela December 2012 The Innocent Man Part Two Texas Monthly Retrieved 2019 05 12 A Tough Prosecutor Finds His Certitude Shaken by a Prisoner s Exoneration Texas Tribune 2011 11 18 a b Inquiry sought for Texas prosecutor over wrongful conviction Los Angeles Times 2011 12 20 ISSN 0458 3035 Retrieved 2019 05 05 Colloff Pamela 2013 03 27 Mark Alan Norwood Found Guilty of Christine Morton s Murder Texas Monthly Retrieved 2019 05 05 Glas Brittany 2016 09 23 Mark Norwood found guilty of 2nd murder sentenced to life KXAN Retrieved 2019 05 05 Tab for wrongful convictions in Texas 65 million and counting Archived from the original on 2013 12 11 Retrieved 2013 12 11 Michael Morton Goes Free After Nearly 25 Years in Prison Exonerated for Wife s Murder ABC News Former prosecutor apologizes to wrongfully convicted man Austin American Statesman Archived from the original on 2011 12 20 Retrieved 2012 03 25 60 Minutes to spotlight Morton case Sunday Houston Chronicle Archived from the original on 2012 03 25 Retrieved 2012 03 25 a b Exonerated Williamson County man to appear on 60 Minutes Austin American Statesman Archived from the original on 2012 03 29 Retrieved 2012 03 25 Michael Morton s lawyers aim to prove misconduct Austin American Statesman 60 Minutes to Feature Michael Morton on Sunday Texas Tribune Austin American Statesman 2013 02 03 Lindell Chuck 2013 04 19 Ken Anderson Court of Inquiry Resumes Austin American Statesman Archived from the original on 2013 06 30 Retrieved 2013 04 19 Chamma Maurice Anderson Appeals Citing Statute of Limitations Texas Tribune 2013 04 23 Lindell Chuck 2013 11 08 Ken Anderson to Serve 10 Days in Jail Archived from the original on 2016 02 05 Retrieved 2013 11 08 The Honorable Kelly G Moore Texas State Directory Online 2016 12 21 Stutzman Brad 2013 11 08 Anderson gets 10 days in jail disbarment pending Archived from the original on 2015 09 24 Retrieved 2013 12 11 How Ken Anderson was released after only five days in jail Archived from the original on 2013 12 13 Retrieved 2013 12 13 Jail Time May Be the Least of Ken Anderson s Problems Texas Monthly Gov Perry Signs Senate Bill 1611 The Michael Morton Act Vote Smart Retrieved 23 April 2017 Michael Morton Innocence Project Retrieved 2019 05 05 Freedom after nearly 25 years of wrongful imprisonment CBS News Exonerated After 25 Years A Murder Conviction Overturned Archived from the original on 2013 02 08 Retrieved 2013 04 12 Depraved Prosecution Archived from the original on July 15 2013 Buchholz Brad Michael Morton documentary is a reflection of grace Archived 2013 03 11 at the Wayback Machine Austin American Statesman 2013 03 07 Levs Josh 4 December 2013 25 years gone Texas inmate Michael Morton cleared in wife s murder CNN Retrieved 2019 05 05 GETTING LIFE by Michael Morton Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews 2014 05 21 External links editMichael Morton s home page Michael Morton s Quora page Texas Man Freed After Serving Nearly 25 Years for Murdering His Wife That New DNA Evidence Shows He Didn t Commit at the Innocence Project Archived from the original on 2013 09 05 Retrieved 2011 10 05 Freedom after nearly 25 years of wrongful imprisonment at 60 Minutes Michael Morton Case Williamson County Sun Archived from the original on 2012 03 30 Retrieved 2012 03 26 Free After 25 Years A Tale Of Murder And Injustice NPR WEE Sat 28APR2012 Further reading editLong form expose with extensive detailed background information The Innocent Man Texas Monthly November 2012 Truth finally sets Texas inmate free Houston Chronicle 09 October 2011 Morton free now State Bar must act Austin American Statesman Editorial Board Oct 8 2011 Editorial In murder exoneration a revived debate Dallas Morning News 09 October 2011 Michael Morton documentary is a reflection of grace Austin American Statesman 07 March 2013 Archived 11 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Morton criminal justice amp oldid 1181708411, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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