Episode 4 - The Third Time’s the Charm

Description

In 1986, a young mother was brutally murdered in her Austin, Texas home, early in the morning, while still sleeping in her bed. Her husband had left for work at 5:30am. Her three year old son was left alone in the house. Unfortunately, the night before, her husband had become disappointed when his wife had been too tired to make love. Michael Morton loved his wife, but he left a note for her that would definitely sting any wife. And based mainly on that note alone, corrupt investigators made sure he spent 25 years in prison for the murder of his wife, Christine Kirkpatrick Morton.


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Show Notes

Hosted and produced by Erica Kelley

Researched by Haley Gray and Erica Kelley

Written by Hannah Newcomb and Erica Kelley

Original Graphic Art by Coley Horner

Original Music by Rob Harrison of Gamma Radio

Edited by Chaes Gray of Gray Multimedia

Case suggested by Lacey Gholson


Sources

  1. https://michael-morton.com/

  2. http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130905023407/http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Texas_Man_Freed_After_Serving_Nearly_25_Years_for_Murdering_His_Wife_That_New_DNA_Evidence_Shows_He_Didnt_Commit.php

  3. https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130905162352/http://www.innocenceproject.org/docs/2011/Morton_Writ_Form_with_ClaimsFinal.pdf

  4. https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130905162400/http://www.innocenceproject.org/docs/2011/Morton_MOL.pdf

  5. https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/michael-morton/

  6. https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3834

  7. Michael’s memoir Getting Life: An Innocent Man’s 25 Year Journey From Prison to Peace

  8. https://www.newspapers.com/image/612496835/?article=b564292a-34fb-4722-af69-11b3c94a71fb&focus=0.3560259,0.44671997,0.5038441,0.63804525&xid=3355&_ga=2.134686901.57084384.1597812188-302791307.1590645882

  9. https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/the-innocent-man-part-one/

  10. https://www.kxan.com/news/mark-norwood-found-guilty-of-2nd-murder-sentenced-to-life/

  11. https://salemwitchmuseum.com/history-education/

  12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio

  13. https://www.quora.com/Who-is-the-instigator-of-the-phrase-It-is-far-better-that-10-guilty-men-go-free-than-one-innocent-man-is-wrongfully-convicted

  14. https://innocenceproject.org/ken-anderson-michael-morton-prosecutorial-misconduct-jail/

  15. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/fashion/weddings/ready-to-share-a-life-of-front-page-news.html

  16. https://www.kxan.com/news/mark-norwood-found-guilty-of-2nd-murder-sentenced-to-life/#:~:text=AUSTIN%20(KXAN)%20%E2%80%94%20After%20nearly,with%20his%20previous%20murder%20sentence.

  17. 17. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73627613/christine-marie-morton