A Half Life Lost

Michael Morton, in 1988, was accused and sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife, Christine Morton. However, later it was found that many pieces of evidence were being held back from the public and the court. He was found innocent with evidence that didn’t match his DNA, the credit card that was under Christine‘s name was being used, and his then 3-year-old revealed that his father was not at home at the time of the murder. He was released after he had spent about half of his life in prison; 25 years.

Jay Janner, from Austin American-Statesman, declares that something has to be done by the State Bar to find out why so many pieces of evidence were held back and a possible punishment for those responsible, in his opinionated article, Morton free; now State Bar must act. Janner also blames Attorney, Ken Anderson, that was serving then, who is now in a higher position thanks to Governor Rick Perry, for improperly withholding evidence from the jury. Additionally, he declares that a system that fails in accountability is "an accessory to miscarriages of justice." He is in all his right to say that, given the facts that are being brought out after two decades and a half. Janner is hoping to find justice for a man whose life was wasted for a crime that he failed to commit. Not only that, he lost 25 years of watching his own son grow up and being able to see a world that he was supposed to be experiencing all this while. Janner does a well job in filling his readers in to the injustice done to this man and the possible upcoming outcomes of this grand error; correctly debating that something major has to be done in punishment.