Posted on 11/20/2014 6:27:05 AM PST by CorporateStepsister
Today in Texas, former prosecutor and judge Ken Anderson pled guilty to intentionally failing to disclose evidence in a case that sent an innocent man, Michael Morton, to prison for the murder of his wife. When trying the case as a prosecutor, Anderson possessed evidence that may have cleared Morton, including statements from the crime's only eyewitness that Morton wasn't the culprit. Anderson sat on this evidence, and then watched Morton get convicted. While Morton remained in prison for the next 25 years, Anderson's career flourished, and he eventually became a judge.
In today's deal, Anderson pled to criminal contempt, and will have to give up his law license, perform 500 hours of community service, and spend 10 days in jail. Anderson had already resigned in September from his position on the Texas bench.
What makes today's plea newsworthy is not that Anderson engaged in misconduct that sent an innocent man to prison. Indeed, while most prosecutors and police officers are ethical and take their constitutional obligations seriously, government misconduct--including disclosure breaches known as Brady violations--occurs so frequently that it has become one of the chief causes of wrongful conviction.
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This clown should have to serve exactly the same amount of time as the man he wrongfully sent to prison. Not one single minute less.
And what other cases did he withhold info? They will have to spend a year or two going back and reviewing every single case.
spend 10 days in jail
Ten days!!!??? That’s it? What the hell? This guy should be in prison for the same amount of time that was taken from the wrongly convicted. Either that or sentence him to be the wrongly convicted man’s servant for 25 years.
I am so glad this precedent has been set; this is historical.
Even better, put him on death row; that is where murderers often go in Texas.
personally I wouldn’t trust him to be my dog poop scooper...
Tell me about it, he should be given at least 25 years.
Notice that the cop-turned-judge that was convicted was convicted not in California or New York or Illinois but in Texas. The lesson is simple. If you want your rights protected, don’t look to liberals or the states they control. What they are most interested in is accruing power to the state.
The guy should have been sent up for 25 years.
The “judge” should pay the wronged a sum = to the “judge’s” income for 25 yrs.
I’m glad I live in Texas.
Them lawyers sure take care of each other, don’t they?
10 days in jail is a joke.
Boiled rope is a better solution when all else fails.
The answer--LAWSUITS against the lawyers!
Vs 25 years of a man's life spent in hell for a crime he didn't commit?.....................another injustice served upon this poor man...............
10 days in jail?
Anyone who uses the full force of the law enforcement establishment against a known innocent person MUST serve the exact same penalty as the wrongfully accused.
No exceptions for democrats.
Ten days isn't jail time........this isn't even a slap on the wrist.
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