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The Case of Michael Morton
📻 Episode #9
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Dec 05, 2016
About This Episode
Michael Morton's nightmare began in 1986, when his wife Christine was bludgeoned to death in their bed in Austin, TX. Despite any evidence pointing to his guilt and tremendous evidence showing his innocence, he quickly became the prime suspect. At his trial, Williamson County District attorney Ken Anderson painted a picture of him as a…
The Case
Michael Morton's nightmare began in 1986, when his wife Christine was bludgeoned to death in their bed in Austin, TX. Despite any evidence pointing to his guilt and tremendous evidence showing his innocence, he quickly became the prime suspect. At his trial, Williamson County District attorney Ken Anderson painted a picture of him as a violent, sexually depraved murderer who showed no remorse for his crime and he was sentenced to life in prison. Evidence was withheld that may have cleared him, including statements from his child. Finally, after 25 years, a blue bandana found at the scene was tested for DNA evidence. The test not only proved the innocence of Michael Morton, it yielded a hit on a known felon who has since been charged with the murder of Christine Morton, along with the murder of another young woman two years later. After spending nearly 25 years in prison for the murder of his wife, Michael was released on October 4, 2011, and officially exonerated in December 2011.
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00:04:54“Speaker 1: the curb, you know, they all took note of me. Speaker 1: It's almost a priferl awareness, you know, because oh my god, Speaker 1: what's here happening at my house? But you also see Speaker 1: the things going on around you, or you sense them. Speaker 1: And I ducked under the crime and seeing ribbon, and”
00:20:42“Speaker 1: The guy didn't have anything to look forward to. And Speaker 1: he told me, he said, you have to have hope. Speaker 1: It can be remodeling an old house, restoring an old marriage, Speaker 1: that doesn't matter what it is. You have to have Speaker 1: something look forward to. And in a very offhanded way,”
00:35:33“Speaker 1: Rayley's wife and a an legal paralegal and RN had Speaker 1: gotten together and they were on the Internet and they Speaker 1: were looking up cold cases in Austin, and they found Speaker 1: this woman's case that paralleled, if not mirrored, my own, Speaker 1: and they brought it to the Austin Police department and”
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