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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] James Joseph Duane has used Morton as an example of why innocent people talking to the police can lead to their conviction for crimes they did not commit, in Duane's book You Have the Right to Remain Innocent.
Michael Morton was a Texas man that was wrongfully convicted in 1987 in Williamson County, Texas for his wife's murder in 1986. Morton insisted that he was innocent while being sent to prison, claiming "I did not do this". [ 4 ]
A federal arrest warrant was issued immediately. [22] On August 21, 2017, Morton and his wife were arrested and taken into custody. [23] On September 18, 2017, Sean David Morton was sentenced to six years in prison, and was ordered to pay $480,322 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
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