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Galraedia

(5,015 posts)
Sun Nov 10, 2013, 11:49 PM Nov 2013

Texas prosecutor will serve 10 days in jail for wrongfully convicting man imprisoned for 25 years

Former Williamson County District Attorney Ken Anderson did not disclose evidence to the defense in a case 27 years ago, and will spend 10 days in a county jail.

As a consequence of that misconduct, though, Michael Morton spent 25 years in prison for the murder of his wife Christine, a crime he did not commit, for which he was exonerated by DNA evidence last year.

Christine Morton’s actual killer, Mark Alan Norwood, was convicted of her murder earlier this year, and is now indicted for killing another woman in Austin two and a half years after Christine’s death.

Morton’s defenders from the Innocence Project hailed the legal precedent set Friday by Anderson’s plea deal allowing for a contempt charge for failing to disclose exculpatory evidence. “Every state and federal judge can issue such an order tomorrow and deter those few prosecutors who would otherwise deliberately violate their ethical and legal duties,” said Barry Scheck, Co-Director of the Innocence Project, which is affiliated with Cardozo School of Law. After suffering 25 years in prison as an innocent man, Michael Morton has courageously fought to hold Ken Anderson accountable and to prevent anyone from being victimized by similar misconduct. Today was an important first step.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/09/texas-prosecutor-will-serve-10-days-in-jail-for-wrongfully-convicting-man-imprisoned-for-25-years/

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Texas prosecutor will serve 10 days in jail for wrongfully convicting man imprisoned for 25 years (Original Post) Galraedia Nov 2013 OP
Gets to keep his pension exboyfil Nov 2013 #1
10 Days? 10 freakin' days? frogmarch Nov 2013 #2
It's a miracle there's any consequence at all, but I agree. kcr Nov 2013 #3
maybe someone will work him over really roughly Ilsa Nov 2013 #4
statute of limitations saves him Cicada Nov 2013 #5
Justice would be disbarment and 25 years. kestrel91316 Nov 2013 #6
The other woman Catherine Vincent Nov 2013 #7

frogmarch

(12,145 posts)
2. 10 Days? 10 freakin' days?
Sun Nov 10, 2013, 11:56 PM
Nov 2013

DA Ken Anderson should spend 25 years behind bars for not disclosing the exculpatory evidence! Asshole! He should be forced to serve the same amount of time Michael Morton did after being wrongly convicted of killing his wife.

kcr

(15,300 posts)
3. It's a miracle there's any consequence at all, but I agree.
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 12:01 AM
Nov 2013

It's a joke of a sentence. What an awful miscarriage of justice. I read about this earlier.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
4. maybe someone will work him over really roughly
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 12:07 AM
Nov 2013

during those ten days.
Note that I never said "rape".

Catherine Vincent

(34,485 posts)
7. The other woman
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 01:10 AM
Nov 2013

The other woman that was killed probably would have been spared had this attorney did what he was supposed to do and the authorities would have gone after the right guy.

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