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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 ...
For his work on the Michael Morton case, Raley was given the "Houstonian of the Year" award by the Houston Chronicle in 2013. The Chronicle cited Raley's time commitment to the case and unwillingness to give up on the case and implied that the case contributed to the passage of a law mandating DNA testing on all death-penalty cases. [13]
HandoutOn Nov. 1, 2006, my wife was brutally murdered.On Nov. 8, 2016, almost 10 years later to the day, Donald J. Trump became president.These two tragic events profoundly changed how I viewed ...
Michael Morton: Murder Williamson County, Texas: Life in prison 25 years Yes Morton was convicted of his wife Christine Morton's murder in 1987. He was exonerated in 2011 after DNA tests linked another man, Mark Alan Norwood, to the murder. Norwood was subsequently convicted of Christine's murder.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct his Justice Department to "vigorously pursue" the death penalty to protect Americans from "violent rapists, murderers, and monsters ...
Davidson was one of 143 people granted pardons or commuted sentences by Trump in the final days of his term. He was a cocaine dealer who planned the robbery of a rival dealer in New York in 1990.
Thomas Matthew Crooks (September 20, 2003 – July 13, 2024) was an American man who attempted to assassinate former U.S. president Donald Trump, who at the time was the presumptive Republican Party nominee for the 2024 presidential election.
A gunman shot at former President Donald Trump during his campaign rally in Butler, Pa. Saturday, and while Trump's team said he is "fine," one person was left dead and two others critically injured.