Former Williamson County District Attorney Ken Anderson was briefly jailed April 19, then released on bail after a district judge determined there was probable cause that Anderson violated state law by lying to a trial judge to win the conviction of Michael Morton in a 1986 murder case.
After serving nearly 25 years in prison, Morton was exonerated after DNA evidence proved his innocence.
District Judge Sturns’ ruling represents the first step toward a potential prosecution of Anderson. “This court cannot think of a more intentionally harmful act than a prosecutor’s conscious choice to hide mitigating evidence so as to create an uneven playing field for a defendant facing a murder charge and a life sentence,” Sturns said.
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