Ahead of Norwood’s 2nd trial, the Morton Act still impacts prosecutors

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Michael Morton Act took effect Jan. 1, 2014, after Morton was wrongfully convicted in 1987 for the murder of his wife, Christine.
After being exonerated in 2011 thanks to DNA evidence, a court of inquiry found the man who prosecuted him, Ken Anderson, withheld Brady material — which may have ultimately helped prove Morton innocent in the 1987 trial. Anderson, who was a Williamson County judge at the time of the inquiry, was sentenced to 10 days in jail a