Houston lawyer John Raley says he knew Michael Morton was innocent when he took his case pro bono in 2004. But he’s as “astounded” as anyone else at what’s happened since he won a long court battle that proved it.
In 2010, Raley secured an appellate victory regarding a DNA test, which in late 2011 exonerated Morton of charges he had killed his wife in 1986. The vindication came after Morton had spent nearly 25 years in prison.
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