An Unreal Dream/CNN documentary

Judging from the lack of responses, I take it no one saw it. Oh well

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No amount of money will recuperate what he lost.

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Funny you mention that. Under Texas law, he receives a lump sum based on years served in prison as well as a lifetime annuity of $80,000/yr. As you said, no amount of money could possibly replace what he lost, but those funds help him live.

Wiki

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Honestly i thought Morton was a bit too chilled out at his trial. If I was being tried for killing my wife and I didnt do it I would be pissed. He kind of just took it in stride.

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I pretty much thought the same thing. The juror that was interviewed even said she was looking for some sort of emotion from Morton. He gave nothing to them and she even said that it help sway her in her decision.

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Let me guess. He was black.

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No...

Sounds similar to a documentary I watched on Netflix the other day.

Called Thin Blue Line.

Was made in the late 80s.

Just reinforced our justice system has always been shite.

There are some very dangerous, barbaric people who work as DAs. For those, it is a matter of simply winning a case. If the accused might not be guilty, screw it lets get that conviction anyway.

Haven't seen it, but was there any talk of criminal charges against the DAs?

How did they convict him? Since we now know that he did actually NOT commit the crime..what evidence was presented in 86 that was enough (in the jury's eyes) to put him away?

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There's a lot more of this than most people care to know about. People are getting released from prison more and more often based on DNA and it comes out that the prosecution withheld evidence.

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Agreed. Now that DNA is a readily available and a viable way of proving innocence, old cases are getting more and more attention.

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How did they convict him?

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The DA gained a conviction due to perceived motive. The night before was Michael's birthday. They went out that night and after arriving home his wife and he had a bit of a falling out about having sex and she eventually fell asleep. The DA used this "sexual frustration" as his primary reason for Michael to beat his wife. He left for work very early the next morning and left a note for her saying that he felt unwanted and was somewhat upset about it. He came home from work to find police at his home and they would not grant him entrance as all he wanted to do was see his wife and see if she was ok. The lead investigator had test run to determine time of death and the coroner used the unreliable method of dating stomach contents and they placed the time of death at sometime around 1am, when in fact time of death was later determined to be at around 6am; obviously after he had left for work. The lead investigator did an interview with the son who was at the home during the beating of his mother and he described a "Monster" being in his home and that daddy was not there. This was never brought out in trial because the DA purposely never called him as a witness so he never had to reveal those notes or interviews. The investigator also found a blue bandana around 100 yards away from the house, but as with the other evidence it never came to light and was dismissed by the DA as unimportant. 25 years later it was determined to contain the DNA of the wife and the assailant.


The worst part of all of it is that after the identity of the real assailant was determined, he had beated and killed other women because he was never caught the first time. Crazy.