Evidence of Innocence: The case of Michael Morton
After nearly 25 years in prison, Michael Morton was exonerated by a DNA test. Did a prosecutor hide evidence that could have proven Morton's innocence during his 1987 trial?
After nearly 25 years in prison, Michael Morton was exonerated by a DNA test. Did a prosecutor hide evidence that could have proven Morton's innocence during his 1987 trial?
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Prosecutor should do 25 years and see how he likes it! Eye for and eye! Let's see how he friggin likes it!
@johnmorey9426
5 жыл бұрын
In a straight jacket while being water boarded frequently
@jsilva7005
4 жыл бұрын
That's 2 leniant. Ppl like this deserve 2 to the back.
@heyhey8687
3 жыл бұрын
D: F
@oleksua74
5 ай бұрын
He is doing time now
This case makes me so sick... The prosecutor deserves, at the minimum, ten years in prison. He deliberately hid evidence that Mr. Morton had NOT committed the crime. Worse than that was because of this unethical prosecutor the REAL killer was able to stay free and hurt more people!!! Ahhhh!
Very well put; it's not about revenge it's about acountability. Any prosecuting attorney found to be witholding information that could exonerate a defendant should be held accountable with real prison time.
The crazy thing is-IT WASN'T JUST THE PROSECUTOR! It was the JUDGE, the homicide DETECTIVE, SHERIFF, MEDICAL EXAMINER etc.!! And that dude is sentenced to 3 days!!?!??!!! They're incompetence directly caused the murder of @ least 1 other woman who was brutally murdered the same exact way as Mrs. Morton.
Just checked Ken Anderson lost his judge licence and got 10 days in jail, 10 days? WTF I say again WTF?
@michaelotieno6524
5 жыл бұрын
Add insult to injury he only served 5-6 days and paid a $500 fine.
@Adzeoda
4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelotieno6524 Im not sure whether to laugh, cry or scream.......5 freaking days? Smh
@baronmulberry7847
3 жыл бұрын
Five days seems about right, cause a whole week would be excessive. And $500 is two days pay for a federal judge. I can see a couple hours pay but TWO DAYS???? --sarc Now that's REAL privilege.
@nargeshemadi3278
3 жыл бұрын
It's still pretty amazing since prosecutors have absolute immunity and it's very very very rare that one is held accountable AND loses their license
@touchofdumb
3 жыл бұрын
Looks like he kept his pension too.
If the killer had decided to murder Michael's son as well,Morton would have been eligible for the Death Penalty & probably have been executed & we may never have found out who really did this.
Your a good man Michael Morton. I don't think I would be as forgiving as you are. 25 years spent behind bars because a prosecutor was so career driven he was willing to hide evidence. You deserve 25 million my friend, 1 million for each year spent in prison.
@robertjohnson6601
3 жыл бұрын
Good luck. I wish it could be so. He would be lucky to get one third of that.
This prosecutor/judge should be behind bars for the same amt of time he purposely took away from Michael !! This case makes me so mad!!
I admire this guy for his forgiving nature and positive outlook. If it had been me who had 25 years stolen from me and lost everything, I would be filled with so much hate.
@unrulysimian3897
5 жыл бұрын
JJ Anthony - naw you probably wouldn't. Real time tends to file down the rough edges on your soul and bring you closer to peace. Now, I'm not saying you can't spend a good 5 to 10 years filled with serious hate. But, if you possess a decent heart, chances are you'd have this man's attitude.
I guess Eric Nichols hasn't seen many interviews or encounters with prosecutors and police officials that display a common arrogance in their cases that have been over turned. In fact, many still support the original convictions, sometimes even if DNA evidence reversed those convictions. This is the level where the "good ol boy" system starts and ends at the highest of our government. Yes, mistakes can be made, but when they are intentional, those fuckers need to go to prison.
Anderson doesn't even apologize for his part in withholding evidence. He says he's sorry for his team. What a weasel.
@paromita10
3 жыл бұрын
Most of them are weasels!
For the prosecution to withhold evidence is obscene and does nothing to make society safer. Michael Morton lost 25 years and the real murder killed again; plus the DNA could have been tested long before 2011. Michael Morton is remarkable for his forgiving and positive outlook.
I bawled like a baby watching “An Unreal Dream” The Michael Morton documentary... this whole case was so horrific!!
12:17 "That's the first time I've sensed any kind of anger in you" - The interviewer has interesting atmoshpere around her and way to put things into word.
Poor Michael Morton at least he can put his life back together but 25 years of his life was wrongfully taken from him and he can not get that back. Its a crying shame. May god bless him and give him peace for the rest of his life.
THE DA didnt make a mistake, he broke the law! Giving DAs immunity when making 'errors' is one thing, allowing them to break the law is another.
@veronicapalodichuk7324
4 жыл бұрын
It stems from a case where Harry conick sr. (I apologize if I misspelled) and his henchman knowingly sent 5 innocent men to death row. They withheld evidence that exonerated them. When they were freed they filed a lawsuit against the prosecutor's and one of the Supreme Court Justices made it so you could not go after the prosecutor's. I believe it was Clarence Thomas i could be wrong. Crime labs are notorious in their corruption and in one particular case the prosecutor found out and covered it up. He is now promoted to a higher political position. The people who were affected by this well most are still in prison.
All prosecutors should be held liable for with-holding evidence or serious error . This seems to be a common practice in Texas with prosecutors . Convictions are priority for these bloodhounds , even if its the cost is a mans life
This makes me SO sick!!!
Wow, it is so obvious that the prosecutor was a bulldog who would have done anything for his career, even if it meant sending innocent people to jail. And now he is on top...I wonder if this investigation yielded more misconduct like this from the old bulldog.
2 million dollars later.. And Eric likes his dad again, no pun intended. This case is beyond sad
@l.w.paradis2108
3 жыл бұрын
Very little money, for this.
My father is going threw the same thing the supposed victim recant her story and he is still in prison
@veronicapalodichuk7324
4 жыл бұрын
I am sorry for what you are going through. I am not surprised that the prosecutor didn't care as long as they got a career win. I used to think that dna was perfect and that the sex offenders registry was a good thing. Until I did research for school. I hope things get better for you and your family.
I'm curious as well as to how a jury can find someone guilty w/o a shred of evidence or a single witness...the justice system is horrible.
@veronicapalodichuk7324
4 жыл бұрын
They assume you did something to be there. They are ignorant of the law and the system. I don't like the jury system. Prosecutor's can present a theory based case, but defense must have proof. Crime labs are in line with the police and prosecutor's. People are very unaware of the problems. The propaganda that fuels the media for political and financial reasons are also part of the problem. The police and prosecutor's office will put out completely false information about a crime and the person who is being prosecuted and the media doesn't check the facts. No one cares or thinks it could happen to them.
@warpedcomedy
3 жыл бұрын
Because they are ordinary people not trained in law. Its unbelievable that this antiquated idea of 12 random people deciding criminal cases is still around in some countries
@lemonhead162
Жыл бұрын
Let me quote from the movie, Let's Go To Prison: "Juries are made up of 12 people who are so d*mb they couldn't even think up an excuse to get out of jury duty." Need I say more?
@lemonhead162
5 ай бұрын
@@warpedcomedyClueless jurors, that's why.
This man withheld evidence that should negate the immunity.
Please read Michael's book GETTING LIFE. It is an eye opener.
THe DA needs to be sent to prison. 25 years and innocent.
25 years of his life,,, it makes me cry...
Doing a paper on this. This sucks that he was striped of 25 years of his life.
Withheld information should be regarded as perverting the course of justice and perjury.
I really really really wonder who the person is who disliked this video. We should study that person in a lab.
@miadegano5675
8 жыл бұрын
lol! Nice.
@drpete0616
5 жыл бұрын
The prosecutor probably!
@shadowforge
4 жыл бұрын
There are a certain brand of people in this world (retards) that hit the dislike button because they dislike the story or what happens in the story. Unless its a 20/80 like-dislike ratio then it really means nothing.
This case makes me sick! The prosecutor should not have been exonerated. Punish him!!
Happened so often...and lead to the death of many people on the gurney
Prosecutors should not have absolute immunity!
It's hard to believe that *in general* prosecutors are decent, law-abiding guys or gals. There are just too many cases of wrongful convictions coming to light just with DNA evidence, which represents only 10% of all cases where men claiming innocence are behind bars. The truth is that prosecutors want to put on their resume how many convictions and death sentences they got, and the higher the number the better the chances of being elected to be county judge or DA because they can "prove" that they're "tough on crime". But how can a candidate to judgeship make his case before the voters? How can voters evaluate a candidate by means other than numbers? And if there is no other way, then voters should make sure that the convictions are not being challenged by the convicted claiming innocence.
AACCOUNTABILITY for all those who hold power over us!
This is what is called in Texas, Texas justice corrupted.
You know I like winning too. But my God...to have 0 conscience about sending an innocent man to jail for that long...How can you sleep at night? How do you live with yourself?
I do not get it why the judge would hide the documents?! What was his reason!??!
@RossoBianco1895
9 жыл бұрын
district attourney anderson withheld the evidence, but he became judge anderson later in his career.
@Caliell
8 жыл бұрын
+Jacklynne Lambino Why? He was prosecutor at that time and prosecutors get elected (and paid bonuses and funding to the office) to the position of the judge based on how many convictions they secure. He basically thought he was the law.
@agirlyoudontknow332
6 жыл бұрын
Jacklynne Lambino they want convictions even if it's the wrong man
File a lien against Judge Ken Anderson.
I wonder did the boy change his name back now that his pop is a millionaire and innocent.
Just as I always say, emotion is overrated and it proves nothing as to whether or not a person is guilty.
Never trust a hippy-looking prosecutor with a beard.
I was a trustee in Williamson county jail and had to watch Mark Norwood on constant watch for 8 hours. He offered me a jolly rancher...I said "nope".
This is so sad, especially since he also lost his son. His son only saw him twice a year until the people raising him probably lead him to believe that his father killed his mom, so he stopped the visits. I wonder if his son has regrets, or feelings of guilt now. Not that it's his fault, but I just wonder after he changed his name if now he wants his father's name back, and wants to build a relationship with him. I really hope he does. Michael deserves that love.
Well I guess if my dad got all that money I would snuggle up with dear ol dad. I wonder how much money he got from dear ol dad. I feel sorry for the father and nothing for the son. He left his father all alone to rot in prison. It's the son I have a problem with.
@thelegendofgrumpybeard9950
4 жыл бұрын
I don't have a problem with the son. It's really not his fault. He was very very young when all this happened. The people around him were probably saying horrific things about his father. He could only see his father for a short amount of time once every 6 months. It's no wonder his head got twisted the way it did.
@nohorasims656
3 жыл бұрын
It's not his fault. He had no way of knowing
exactly like Scott Peterson, they focused on him and not on Laci. Prosecutors often hide evidence
To me there's two tragedies. 1 that the real killer got to enjoy freedom for such a long time. The other tragedy is the prosecutor. He also finally became a judge to sit in the courtroom where he allowed an innocent man to be framed by hiding evidence. The distaste for that so-called ex-prosecutor and judge now, what I would like to see done to that thing, for I can't call him a man, is so vile I will just keep it in my heart. Evil is all around us and that ex-prosecutor so-called judge is proof of that evil
@paromita10
3 жыл бұрын
I totally agree that “Evil is all around us “ This world is a god forsaken place!
A district judge, amazing!
Is there an epidemic of prosecutorial misconduct NOW?
Welcome to Texas
God, she is CUTE!
His attorney is a damned liar too.
It took the Innocence Project FIVE years to exonerate Morton.
I agree completely... someone needs to give account. Prosecutors are not above the law... Jail them.
The prosecutor withholding evidence caused the death of another woman..he should do prison time for that. A regular citizen would be held accountable for withholding evidence and someone being hurt or killed. Bobbi Higgins
Ken, in Raul Menendez words, "You will suffer." In my words, "If a bus hits you it's karma kicking your ass from this life to the next"
I don't see why he wouldn't...and now that he has a grandson, it be the perfect start to a new life.
Oh, well, I'm so reassured now. This was all about a bad man who did a bad thing and now he's being punished. Sort of. A mistake was made but it's all fine now. No system is perfect, so don't worry, go on about your business. The system is just fine. This sort of thing really doesn't happen all the time. Sarcasm aside, the only remarkable thing about this case is that it happened to a middle class, white, man. West Memphis 3. Central Park 5. San Antonio 4. Cameron Todd Willingham. etc. etc. et fucking cetera.
Ken Kratz should be held accountable for what he has done to Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey. Kelly Siegler f.or what she did to David Temple. Sandra Eastwood should be held accountable for what she did to Hannah Overton. Those are four people that I know of, how many more are there??
I'm doing an english paper on this rn and ugudshushd I WANT TO SLEEP
after all casey anthony walked off free
no you should have been more clear about what you meant.
the interviewer is literally a 10 GAT DAMN
8:40 needs some chapstick
The sherrif iis just vas bad. Je convinced her family he was guity (irokically his brother in law found the evidence that would clear him 25 uears later)
Is Lara wearing any stockings?
Penalize Malicious Prosecutions.
unreal
"Where can I find information about this case?" How can I be more clear than that? Go take some classes at the community college.
Just remember that "Blind Justice" goes both ways! ( : : (
How does Ken Anderson sleep at night?
You, hateful prosecutor person just wanted to win. It did not matter who went to jail as long as he won. Yes he should serve prison time.
Vengeance is mine sayith the Lord
I hope ken is not teaching Sunday school anymore
Complimenti agli avvocati che hanno salvato un innocente.Sto guardando su nove la sua storia
the Monster is KEN ANDERSON
-bro-
Gee, 25 years of life were taken away. These cowboys! How do you make up for a mistake like that.
I would like to research the original case. A jury of 12 convicted him, so there had to be some evidence against him. Where can I find information about this case?