For 25 years, Michael Morton was falsely imprisoned for the murder of his wife. Andrew McLemore retraced nearly three decades of evidence, records and interviews in his three-part series to explain how this extreme miscarriage of justice occurred. DNA evidence finally proved Morton’s innocence, and McLemore’s reporting showed that the guilty verdict was a by-product of evidence gathered by the lead investigator being withheld by the prosecuting attorney’s office.
Until Proven Innocent
The Williamson County (Texas) Sun
![Michael Morton handcuffed with two law enforcement officers](https://wallacehouse.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/until-proven-innocent.jpg)