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Michael Morton has spent the past 25 years in prison after a jury convicted him of murdering his wife-- a crime it turns out-- he didn’t commit. KVUE has the details...

“Terry, he was convicted of a crime that DNA evidence proved he did not commit. At one time Michael Morton feared he might have died in prison. Today, that future changed.”

Morton was put behind bars in 1987 for beating his wife to death. The Texas Tribune reports...

“During Morton's 1987 trial, prosecutors told jurors that he beat his wife to death because he was enraged that she refused to have sex with him the night before, which was his birthday.”

Michael has always maintained his innocence, claiming his wife was alive when he left the house for work at 5 am, and that an intruder must have killed her. The Washington Post reports-- after more than two decades, DNA shows Morton was telling the truth.

“Tests that weren’t available during Morton’s original trial show a bloody bandanna found near their home contained the victim’s DNA but also that of another man linked to a similar 1987 slaying in the area.”

And Morton’s lawyers say DNA wasn’t the only vital evidence missing from the original trial. The LA Times has the details...

“Morton’s lawyers have accused John Bradley, the local district attorney, of suppressing evidence that would have helped clear Morton... That evidence included a transcript of a police interview indicating that Morton's son said the attacker was not his father. The Innocence Project eventually obtained the transcript through a Public Information Act request.”

One of the jurors who convicted Morton witnessed Morton’s release and has spoken out about her guilt, and how she feels the legal system has failed. KXAN has the interview...

BRYAN: “I just feel like there was a lot missing and we should have known something more and if that’s the way it works in our system then there’s something wrong.”

REPORTER: “If Bryan had the chance to talk to Michael today...”

BRYAN: “Yesterday, I wouldn’t have said anything. Today, I would say I’m sorry.”

Morton says he is grateful his case wasn’t a capital case because it gave the Innocence Project time to prove he wasn’t the killer.

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