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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 ...
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horror franchise created by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper.It consists of nine films, comics, a novel, and two video game adaptations. The franchise focuses on the cannibalistic spree killer Leatherface (who uses a chainsaw as his signature weapon) and his family, who terrorize unsuspecting visitors to their territories in the desolate Texas countryside ...
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was released in North America on October 17, 2003, in 3,016 theaters. [23] It grossed $10,620,000 on its opening day and concluded its opening weekend with $29.1 million, debuting at number 1 at the U.S. box office. [ 23 ]
Below, find every Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie ranked, from Hooper's original through the increasingly complicated canon of sequels, prequels, spinoffs, and remakes. 9. Leatherface (2017)
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 ]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a 2006 American slasher film and a prequel to the 2003 film.The sixth installment in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, it was written by Sheldon Turner from a story by Turner and David J. Schow, directed by Jonathan Liebesman and co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper (co-creators of the original 1974 film).
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 Chainsaw Massacre is a 2022 American slasher film directed by David Blue Garcia, with a screenplay by Chris Thomas Devlin, from a story by Fede Álvarez and Rodo Sayagues. [3] It is the ninth installment of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise .