What happens when the justice system decides you did it, and your only defense is the truth? This week, we’re diving into the chaotic world of wrongful convictions—where junk science rules, alibis vanish, and “case closed” usually means “we got the wrong guy.”
Research links below!
FHSU Scholars Repository – “Murder on the Plains: The Murdock Farmhouse Slayings”
abc News – “Was Nebraska Couple’s Murder Revenge or Random?”
Justia – “State v. Fester (Neb. 2008)”
Los Angeles Times – “Young couple get life in Nebraska killings”
Lincoln Journal Star – “Epilogue: Shattered trust”
Innocence Project – “Michael Morton”
Texas Monthly – “The Innocent Man, Part One”
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law – “Michael Morton”
Science Direct – “Prosecuting the prosecutor: The makings of the Michael Morton Act”
abc News – “Michael Morton Set Free After Spending Nearly 25 Years in Prison, Exonerated by DNA Evidence for His Wife’s Murder”
Chron. – “Truth finally sets Texas inmate free”
Huffpost – “Ken Anderson Court of Inquiry Shows Prosecutorial Misconduct at its Worst”
Austin American-Statesman – “Texas Senate’s attempts to limit wrongful convictions commendable”
Gaston Gazette – “Colleague: Ex-DA worked to keep notes from defense”
Death Penalty Information Center – “Texas Enacts ‘Michael Morton Act’ Intended to Reduce Wrongful Convictions”