@article{716718,
      recid = {716718},
      author = {Morton, Michael,},
      title = {Getting life : an innocent man's 25-year journey from  prison to peace /},
      pages = {xi, 283 pages ;},
      abstract = {"He spent twenty-five years in prison for a crime he did  not commit. He lost his wife, his son, and his freedom.  This is the story of how Michael Morton finally got  justice--and a second chance at life. On August 13, 1986,  just one day after his thirty-second birthday, Michael  Morton went to work at his usual time. By the end of the  day, his wife Christine had been savagely bludgeoned to  death in the couple's bed--and the Williamson County  Sherriff's office in Texas wasted no time in pinning her  murder on Michael, despite an absolute lack of physical  evidence. Michael was swiftly sentenced to life in prison  for a crime he had not committed. He mourned his wife from  a prison cell. He lost all contact with their son. Life, as  he knew it, was over. It would take twenty-five years--and  thousands of hours of effort on the part of Michael's  lawyers, including the team at the New York-based Innocence  Project--before DNA evidence was brought to light that  would ultimately set Michael free. The evidence had been  collected only days after the murder--but was never  investigated. Drawing on his recollections, court  transcripts, and more than one thousand pages of personal  journals he wrote in prison, Michael recounts the hidden  police reports about an unidentified van parked near his  house that were never pursued; the treasure trove of  evidence, including a bandana with the killer's DNA on it,  that was never introduced in court; the call from a  neighboring county reporting the attempted use of his  wife's credit card (a message that was received, recorded,  and never returned by local police); and ultimately, how he  battled his way through the darkness to become a free man  once again. Getting Life is an extraordinary story of  unfathomable tragedy, grave injustice, and the strength and  courage it takes to find forgiveness"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/716718},
}