Former DA and judge Ken Anderson to serve 10 days in jail

[TexasTowelie]

Former Williamson County district attorney Ken Anderson will serve 10 days in jail and give up his law license for hiding favorable evidence in the 1987 trial of Michael Morton, who served almost 25 years in prison for a murder he did not commit.

During an afternoon hearing in Georgetown, District Judge Kelly Moore found Anderson in contempt of court for telling Morton’s trial judge, during a 1987 hearing, that he had no favorable evidence to give to Morton’s lawyers.

Anderson must turn himself in to the jail by Dec. 2.

The criminal charges of tampering with evidence were dropped as part of a comprehensive settlement on all issues facing Anderson.

More at http://www.statesman.com/news/news/ken-anderson-to-serve-10-days-in-jail/nbmsH/ .

[font color=green]So the former prosecutor gets to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas at home with his family; meanwhile, the man that he falsely imprisoned spend 25 years behind bars. That seems like a sweetheart deal to me.[/font]

[TexasTowelie]

1. Additional reports indicate

that Anderson received a $500 fine and must serve 500 hours of community service. There is no indication that he will be on probation.

[Gothmog]

2. This is good news

Anderson broke faith with the legal profession and I am glad that he is having to give up his law license

[hobbit709]

3. Ten years would be more fitting for what he did.

[ashling]

4. Damn straight!

If Morton had been executed, Anderson should have been found guilty of manslaughter at the very least.