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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. [30] The Morton case is also depicted in a 2013 documentary film, An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story, directed by Al Reinert. [31]
The Michael Morton Act passed in 2013 makes it a state crime to hide favorable evidence from defendants. It was named for a Williamson County man who spent almost 25 years in prison for a murder ...
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]
"I'm skeptical that Ms. Taylor, who was recently sanctioned by a Travis County Court for violating the Michael Morton Act (hiding evidence), will persuade the Court of Criminal Appeals with a ...
Sierra Club v. Morton: 405 U.S. 727 (1972) Standing in cases in which plaintiffs assert interest in aesthetic or recreational interest in property (in this case, Mineral King area) Wisconsin v. Yoder: 406 U.S. 205 (1972) Freedom of religion, high school education Apodaca v. Oregon: 406 U.S. 404 (1972) State juries may convict a defendant by ...
The Brady doctrine is a pretrial discovery rule that was established by the United States Supreme Court in Brady v. Maryland (1963). [2] The rule requires that the prosecution must turn over all exculpatory evidence to the defendant in a criminal case.
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s one-time lawyer and “fixer” used Google Bard, the artificial intelligence program, to provide his lawyer with fictitious legal citations, according to newly ...
The Innocence Project was established in the wake of a study by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Senate, in conjunction with Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, which claimed that incorrect identification by eyewitnesses was a factor in over 70% of wrongful convictions.