THE INNOCENT MAN PART 2.

MORTON, Michael; FALSE imprisonment; CRIMINAL convictions; EXCULPATORY DNA evidence; FORENSIC genetics; INNOCENCE Project; MALICIOUS prosecution; ACTIONS & defenses (Law)

The article reports on Michael Morton who was wrongly imprisoned for 25 years for murdering his wife and his determination to prove his innocence and to find out the killers. It throws light on his painful incarceration, the trials, and the efforts put up by lawyers to exonerate him, especially by a nonprofit legal organization, the Innocence Project. The clamor for DNA testing at last saw positive response with the court and the results identified the murderer exonerating Michael.