Documentary lays bare Morton's wrongful conviction

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Mar 15, 6:22 PM EDT
Documentary lays bare Morton's wrongful conviction
By WILL WEISSERT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Handcuffed and being bundled into a police car after his conviction for killing his wife, Michael Morton called out to a nearby cluster of reporters.

"I didn't do this," the Texan cried, his dazed voice filled more with confusion than anger or heartbreak. "I did not do this."

Nobody believed him.

In "An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story," writer/director and two-time Oscar nominee Al Reinert offers an unflinching look at how Morton was wrongfully convicted of murder and had his only son disown him as he served a life sentence. It lays bare how the Austin grocery store inventory manager lost everything - except the fact that he was innocent - but was finally exonerated in 2011 by new DNA evidence after nearly a quarter century behind bars.

[wasserman]

1. This is Williamson Co. corrupted to the core/

[yurbud]

2. from what I've read and seen about the Texas justice system, I'd be nervous if I had a

layover in the airport there even if I didn't get out of the plane.