Success Stories - Michael Morton
Michael Morton & mother Patricia Morton
GEORGETOWN TX, USA — With an irrepressible grin, Michael Morton walked out of the Williamson County courthouse today, hand in hand with his sister Vicky Warlick, into a free world he last saw when Ronald Reagan was president.
Morton, 57, was released today from the Michael state prison unit near Palestine in East Texas, a day after his defense lawyers and Williamson County prosecutors agreed that his conviction for the 1986 murder of his wife Christine Morton should be overturned based on the results of recent DNA testing.
In an emotional press conference after the judge agreed to release Morton on a personal bond, Morton choked up as he talked, his parents sitting at his side. "Colors seems real bright to me right now, and the women are real good looking," he said, laughing.
In a packed Williamson County courtroom, electric with energy and anticipation, Morton's parents, Bill and Patricia Morton, sat in the front row, awaiting his release after his nearly 25 years in prison. His elderly mother, her hair now white and wearing a smile as bright as her fuchsia-colored suit, shared a long embrace with Bill Allison, the lawyer who defended Michael Morton at his 1987 trial and who encouraged the New York-based Innocence Project to take on their son's case.
http://www.texastribune.org/2011/10/04/morton-released-prison-after-25-years/
Morton, 57, was released today from the Michael state prison unit near Palestine in East Texas, a day after his defense lawyers and Williamson County prosecutors agreed that his conviction for the 1986 murder of his wife Christine Morton should be overturned based on the results of recent DNA testing.
In an emotional press conference after the judge agreed to release Morton on a personal bond, Morton choked up as he talked, his parents sitting at his side. "Colors seems real bright to me right now, and the women are real good looking," he said, laughing.
In a packed Williamson County courtroom, electric with energy and anticipation, Morton's parents, Bill and Patricia Morton, sat in the front row, awaiting his release after his nearly 25 years in prison. His elderly mother, her hair now white and wearing a smile as bright as her fuchsia-colored suit, shared a long embrace with Bill Allison, the lawyer who defended Michael Morton at his 1987 trial and who encouraged the New York-based Innocence Project to take on their son's case.
http://www.texastribune.org/2011/10/04/morton-released-prison-after-25-years/
