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GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) -- A former Texas prosecutor charged over a wrongful murder conviction agreed to a 10-day jail sentence Friday, accepting the punishment in front of the innocent man he helped put in prison for nearly 25 years.
Ken Anderson also will be disbarred and must serve 500 hours of community service as part of a sweeping deal that was expected to end all criminal and civil cases against the embattled ex-district attorney, who was the face of the law in a tough-on-crime Texas county for 30 years.
Anderson, 61, never spoke in his return to the same Williamson County courthouse where he served as a state judge for 11 years before resigning in September.
Sitting behind Anderson in the gallery was Michael Morton, who was released from prison in 2011 after DNA evidence showed he didn't beat his wife to death in 1986.
"It's a good day," said Morton, surrounded by family members.
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derby378
(30,252 posts)Ten days in exchange for 25 years? I think Morton just got rooked.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)after robbing man of life through wrongful conviction.
There I fixed the AP's stupid ass headline. 10 day jail sentence for 25 years fair trade I think not.
47of74
(18,470 posts)That makes me fucking sick. That prosecutor should have been sentenced to 500 years in prison for every fucking day that Morton spent in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
The Magistrate
(95,241 posts)At a minimum....
smokey nj
(43,853 posts)enough. Michael Morton lost 25 years that he will never get back - Anderson should be sentenced to at least that much.
cloudbase
(5,511 posts)the ten day sentence is the maximum he can get, since the statute of limitations has long passed.
In the meantime, he'll be crying every month when his pension benefit goes into his bank account.
bermudat
(1,329 posts)For all the men of color who have been wrongfully convicted and subsequently released, I have never seen any repercussions to any of the prosecutors that were responsible.