Ken Anderson begins serving jail sentence in Michael Morton case
Former Williamson County prosecutor Ken Anderson was booked into jail Tuesday to begin his 10-day sentence for contempt of court in connection with the wrongful conviction of Michael Morton. Anderson already has one day of credit for time served.
District Judge Kelly Moore found Anderson in criminal contempt of court on Nov. 8 for telling Morton’s trial judge in a 1987 pretrial hearing that he had no evidence favorable to Morton. Morton spent almost 25 years in prison after he was falsely convicted of murder for the death of his wife.
Kelly also ordered Anderson to pay a $500 fine and serve 500 hours of community service within five years.
Anderson was Williamson County’s district attorney for 16 years before he became a district judge in 2002. He was accused of hiding two pieces of evidence in the Morton case that fit with the defense’s theory that Morton’s wife, Christine, was killed by a stranger who entered their home through an unlocked back door.
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