Ex-prosecutor who argued to convict innocent Texas man of wife's murder agrees to 10 days in jail

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Source: Associated Press

GEORGETOWN, Texas - A former Texas prosecutor charged over a wrongful murder conviction agreed to a 10-day jail sentence Friday, accepting the punishment in front of the innocent man he helped put in prison for nearly 25 years.

Ken Anderson also will be disbarred and must serve 500 hours of community service as part of a sweeping deal that was expected to end all criminal and civil cases against the embattled ex-district attorney, who was the face of the law in a tough-on-crime Texas county for 30 years.

Anderson, 61, never spoke in his return to the same courthouse where he served as a state judge for 11 years before resigning in September.

Sitting behind Anderson in the gallery was Michael Morton, who was released from prison in 2011 after DNA evidence showed he didn't beat his wife to death in 1986.




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[gopiscrap]

1. he should have been sentenced to 50 years

double what he did to that poor guy.

[Link Speed]

3. He should have been staked to a fire ant hill for life

and given just enough food and water to keep him alive.

A weekly kick in the crotch wouldn't hurt, either.

[gopiscrap]

4. I can't stand fucking prosecutors, they all fucking lie

[cynatnite]

10. Well, the one we worked with didn't lie about anything...

In fact, he was quite fantastic. I can't go into details of why we were dealing with him, but he asked us what we wanted to see happen and we told him what we thought. He supported our opinions and the judge ordered it. The prosecutor we dealt with was compassionate, knowledgeable, and had integrity.

In all honesty, he's the only prosecutor that we've ever met and we have nothing but good things to say about him. He helped us get through an awful thing.

I don't know if prosecutors like him are a rarity or not, but that is my experience.

[christx30]

2. Take 25 years of a man's life

and all you get is 10 days in jail? That's less time than he would have gotten if he had stolen $250 from him.

[They_Live]

5. Yeah, seems fair.

He's going to be set on fire for those ten days, though, right?


RIGHT??

[Nye Bevan]

6. The authorities have awesome power to ruin people's lives.

And when that power is abused the penalty should be much, much more than 10 days in jail.

[frylock]

7. this dick should get the living shit kicked out of him in jail..

for 10 days. perhaps that would serve as a warning to all overzealous asshole prosecutors.

[christx30]

8. They won't put him in

General population. They are going to keep him somewhere safe. I'd be surprised if he even sees another inmate during his time.

[frylock]

9. bank it

[marble falls]

19. A warning to hide their crap better.

[The Second Stone]

11. Tampering with evidence when he was the prosecutor. I am sickened

by the cruelty of this man. Honest prosecutors' reputations are damaged by sick perverts of law like this one. Guys like this have no conscience.

[radhika]

12. Perhaps the inmates will deliver a lesson in justice. The system sure doesn't n/t

[QuestForSense]

13. He AGREED to 10 days in jail?

Gee, that was awfully big of him, considering he isn't even sorry. He never spoke!

[jmowreader]

14. Under certain conditions I would accept the 10 days, but they're unconstitutional

If they'd hang him by the wrists for those ten days, then okay.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

15. The guy apologized for the 'failures in the system'

But he still thinks he didn't do anything wrong! With an attitude like that I don't doubt that there are many other cases he f'ed with to ensure the 'right man' (at least according to him) got put in jail.

He should have his skin ripped off and given a shower of lemon juice. That would be the first hour or two or his sentence. I can't describe the rest as it would reveal the depth of darkness I must vigilantly keep locked up deep inside.

[Cobalt Violet]

16. and the real killer killed again.

He should do time for that too.

[The Wizard]

17. A public horsewhipping

at the hands of those he wrongfully imprisoned sounds reasonable.

[marble falls]

18. And they are looking at his hand picked successor's prosecutions, too.

[Conium]

20. Texas, it's like a whole other country.

After his 10 days, will he relocate to another backward southern state to prosecute cases for them?