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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 ]
[3] [4] Prior to his appointment, Harle served as a prosecutor for the Bexar County District Attorney's Office and as the Chief Municipal Prosecutor for the City of Hill Country Village. [2] Additionally, he was appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to the Judicial Conduct Commission, where he was elected Chair and served for two consecutive terms.
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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 ...
Texas has 15 fallen officers in 2024, the most of any state. Dawson was the first Greenville officer to be killed in the line of duty in more than 100 years, Smith said. “We’ll get through ...
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In 2013, Ellis authored and passed the "Michael Morton Act," legislation creating a uniform, statutory open file criminal discovery policy in Texas. [52] With the bill's passage, Texas law now explicitly states that every prosecutor has a duty to disclose documents or information that could raise questions about a defendant's guilt or lead to a ...