michael morton's not special. he's a normal, everyday guy like any of us. i am michael morton. to any of us. and it is a damn shame. >> i guess i really have to say that the prosecution just did not let us know everything we should have known. we just didn't have all the facts. and you can't find someone guilty and just trust your gut if you don't have all the information. and we didn't. >> as long as i live i'll still have mixed feelings about this case. when i look at these reports and so forth and see what was withheld from us, the very tools we needed to work with we didn't have. what michael got was a fundamentally unfair trial when the constitution says that you are entitled to a fair trial. >> i am hopeful that this case sends a message that the law will be form followed, and that if the law is not followed there will be consequences. >> a texas supreme court justice has cleared the way for michael morton to find out why evidence that could have set him free was not turned over to his lawyers 25 years ago. >> we really do believe in due process. we really do believe that

it was michael morton's birthday. morton was at work for a grocery store chain when he heard his wife was dead. an autopsy will determine the exact cause of death, but she is said to have suffered some type of head injury. sheriff boutwell is waiting on tests with the department of public safety and also the autopsy before making any more public comment in connection with the case. but the neighbors here are certainly talking quietly among themselves tonight and worried about their families. >> it's too overwhelming for tears or anguish. it's just complete -- it's like physiologically you don't know how to respond. >> today's autopsy report conflicts with findings obtained at the scene of yesterday's murder. sheriff's officers refused to talk in detail about the discrepancies, but they say they deal with the time of the murder. a possible suspect is being questioned about the slaying tonight. >> i didn't really see them as overly confrontational. it didn't really seem like they were accusatory. they were just doing wha

michael morton's not special. he's a normal, everyday guy like any of us. i am michael morton. guess i really have to say that the prosecution just did not let us know everything we should have known. we just didn't have all the facts. and you can't find someone guilty and just trust your gut if you don't have all the information. and we didn't. >> as long as i live i'll still have mixed feelings about this case. when i look at these reports and so forth and see what was withheld from us, the very tools we needed to work with we didn't have. what michael got was a fundamentally unfair trial when the constitution says that you are entitled to a fair trial. >> i am hopeful that this case sends a message that the law will be followed and that if the law is not followed there will be consequences. >> a texas supreme court justice has cleared the way for michael morton to find out why evidence that could have set him free was not turned over to his lawyers 25 years ago. >> we really do believe in due process. we really do believe that people shouldn't hide evidence that doesn't supp

the impulse to say, oh, my god, there it is. >> there were allegations that the prosecutor in michael morton'sorn that morton was innocent. what happened to that prosecutor and how morton feels about that man coming up next. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> michael morton spent almost a quarter century of his life locked up for killing his wife until evidence never presented at trial proved otherwise. now two years later, he has started a new life, and he talked to cnn's chris cuomo about moving on. >> a texas supreme court justice cleared the way for michael morton to find out why efd that could have set him free was not turned over to his lawyers -- >> nearly 25 years, that's how long michael morton had been behind bars waiting for this chance. his last shot at freedom. he knew he wa

michael morton was at work at the time and had no motive. , he was charged, tried, and convicted of murder. now freed with help from the innocence project, morton spoke with cnn's chris cuomo. >> i am probably thor is personification of that old ex you remember at school about you can't prove a negative. it's how do you prove you didn't do something. >> how rough was it inside? >> i never liked it but i got used to it. >> how long did it take you? >> probably 14 or 15 years. >> 14 or 15 years -- >> to get where i was used to it. >> are the first years the hardest? >> the first years are hard just because it's a shock and it's new and it's constanted a justment, constant recalibration. >> you say, i always thought that i would get out. what fueled the hope? >> it's difficult for me to say whether it was just faith that i knew i was right and i wasn't guilty, that this would work out, or just that i didn't know how deep i was in. >> morton was exonerated in 2011 thanks to dna testing, testing that was not available back in 1987. you can see the

michael morton was freed in 2011. convicted of christine's murder earlier this year and police believe he killed another woman, deborah baker, in 1988. ashleigh banfield spoke with morton and asked how he felt about being wrongly convicted. >> a lot of anger inside. i felt like i was justified at the time. but today and now, i understand that that sort of anger and revenge and hate isn't going to help you any. but the one thing that will work that people should and often do latch on to is transparency and accountability. >> while this case has a somewhat happy ending with morton trying to build a relationship with his now adult son, we have to ask how many innocent men and women sit in prison right now when dna evidence could exonerate them. i want to bring in chris asplundh, former prosecutor, now a director with the alliance for rapid dna testing. thanks for being here. i know you followed this case closely. what do you make of the fact there was evidence, this bandanna with blood and hair that was never tested for d

michael morton has been exonerated.to the real murderer, his incredible story is being told in the cnn film, "an unreal dream" and it airs tomorrow on cnn. he talks in vivid detail about the harsh reality of a life behind bars. >> when i first got to the texas penitentiary, the first thing they do is strip you naked and search you. you're given a pair of state boxers. i realized that the full gravity of the place. because as i was standing in line to get my boots, i noticed the guy in front of me. i counted 13 stab wounds in his back. he had scars. it really drove home for me how very serious the place was. that they weren't playing. no time to joke around. there was nothing funny about this. and everybody was deadly serious. and you better get your heart right. >> i am so pleased and honored right now to be joined life by michael morton on the right-hand side and john riley who worked pro bono, very hard on this case, vowing that he would never quit trying to get him out of prison as long as he lived. good thing you di

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i want to end with michael morton. i was talking to one of the pro bono attorneys.lling me, the moment when he told, he and another delivered the news of this exoneration -- >> neal morrison, yeah. >> can you take me inside the moment when you saw michael for the first time? what did he say to you? >> you know, michael, by the way, has a book coming out that's -- that i have read that is absolutely terrific. he was stunned, of course. by all of this. but you know, when you are incent and you didn't commit the crime, the only issue is whether or not the truth will ever come out. and i think michael realizes how lucky he is, and that there are other people in prison that did not commit the crime, and the key thing to do is to try to learn the lessons from his case. and one of the key lessons from his case, which it's clear to me that ken anderson hasn't learned, is that you don't hide exculpatory evidence. there's a lot that can be done to make sure that prosecutors don't do that. let me be the first to say it's not an epidemic, but it is not episodic either. when it

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yesterday we introduced you to michael morton. lem is he didn't commit that murder. during that time, morton lost nearly everything, even his will to go on. was tested. here how the tables turned and what he says we all need to know. his incredible story the topic of an upcoming cnn film. here is part two of our conversation. >> a texas supreme court justice cleared the way for michael morton to find out why evidence that could have set him free was not turned over to his lawyers. >> reporter: nearly 25 years, that's how long michael morton had been behind bars, waiting for had chance. his last shot at freedom. he knew he was innocent, but time had worn away his resolve. was there any a moment or a period during your incarceration where you doubted yourself, where you doubted maybe even reality? >> i wondered, i started to doubt a little bit or question and you start thinking, well, i might die here of old age. >> reporter: morton's attorneys fought for years to have dna testing done on a blue bandana found near the morton's home w

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an unreal dream tell us the story of michael morton who was robbed of 25 years of his life.heard about this, right? the day after morton's 32nd birthday, the year, 1986. morton's wife was attacked and killed in their texas home. michael morton was at work at the time and had no motive, yet he was charged, tried and convicted of murder. now freed with help from the innocence project, watch "an unreal dream" tonight right here at cnn. >>> a memento of history of one of jesse owens' 1936 gold medals won in berlin has been sold at auction. next, who bought it and for how much? [ male announcer ] here's a question for you: if every u.s. home replaced one light bulb with a compact fluorescent bulb, the energy saved could light how many homes? 1 million? 2 million? 3 million? the answer is... 3 million homes. by 2030, investments in energy efficiency could help americans save $300 billion each year. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. >>> former san diego mayor and congressman bob filner will be sentenced on criminal charges involving sexual harassment against three women and

but michael morton was innocent. >> it is a story you have to see to believe, and the subject of a newm." >> i am probably the personification of the old acxiom you remember from school, about you can't prove a negative. how do you prove you didn't do something? >> how rough was it inside? >> i never liked it, but i got used to it. >> how long did it take you? >> probably 14 or 15 years. >> 14 or 15 years? >> to get where i was used to it. >> are the first years the hardest? >> the first years are hard just because it's a shock and it's new, and it's constant adjustment, constant recalibration. >> you say "i always thought that i would get out." what fuelled the hope? >> it's difficult for me to say whether it was just faith that i knew i was right and i wasn't guilty, that this would work out. or just that i didn't know how deep i was in. >> wow. what a story. you can catch the "unreal dream, the michael morton story" right here, the premier on cnn, tomorrow night, 9:00 eastern. >> wow. >>> that'll do it for us. thanks for watching. >> thanks so much for being with us. >> keep it righ

. >>> michael morton served 25 years in prison for the brutal murder of his wife but he didn't do it.nreal dream". >> when i first got to texas penitentiary, they strip you naked and search you. as i cas standing in line to get my boots. i noticed the man in front of me, i counted 13 stab wounds in his back. >> his wife gone, family gone, dreams gone. he was now a murderer and his reality was prison. his new life goal to survive. >> i am probably the personification of that old you can't prove a negative. >> he was trying to prove he didn't beat his wife to death. there was no evidence placing him at the crime scene and no murder weapon. his own son said daddy didn't do it but that statement didn't come out until years later. >> how rough was it inside. >> i got used to it. >> 14 or 15 years. >> until i got used to it. >> the first years are hard because it is a shock and it is new and it is constant adjustment. >> morton says life behind bars began to take away his sense of self. what he missed most was his son eric who was growing up without him. >> what did your son mean to you? >>

you met michael morton in 2005? >> yes, ma'am. >> you ultimately got the news you all wanted seven years later? >> june, 2011, we filed a motion for dna testing in february, 2005. >> it took that many years? >> i was really surprised by the degree of opposition we faced. we were talking about a simple test on a bloody bandana found near the murder scene that can only reveal the truth and the test would have been free to the state because of the innocence project. we would have paid for the cost of the test. for nearly seven years, they fought us tooth and nail in state courts and federal courts and appellate courts. eventually the truth came out. >> describe for me the moment when finally you said yes and head said yes and could finally be free. >> it's indescribable. nina morris, my co-council and i went to speak to him and tell him the news. >> you broke the news to him? >> we shared it with him personally. we didn't want to do it on the phone. the moment we were able to walk out of the courtroom together for the

last night cnn films aired "an unreal dream: the story of michael morton."n 20 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. he was exonerated through dna evidence. now another story of a man based on wrong witness testimony. pamela brown, another incredible tale. >> he's one of 2,000 people exonerated since 1989, his name is derrick deacon. he spent nearly 25 years behind bars. last month it took a jury less than ten minutes to overturn that. today he's free but in a strange twist, prosecutors are standing by the case even as their tactics are coming under fire. derrick deacon still has a hard time enjoying his newfound freedom, after spending nearly 25 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. did you know the person that was killed? >> no, no. >> reporter: were you there when the crime happened? >> no. no time. >> reporter: did you have any involvement whatsoever? >> no. >> reporter: in 19 the, deacon was convicted for shooting 60-year-old anthony twoin death at this apartment building during an alleged robbery. prosecutors insist a handyman witn

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back in 1987, michael morton was convicted for the brutal killing of his wife. off from the world, losing contact with his only son. then flash forward, dna evidence proved what morton claimed all along, that he was innocent. new day's chris cuomo sat down with morton ahead of the cnn airing of his story, "an unreal dream." >> i'm probably the personification of that old axiom you remember from school, you can't prove a negative. how do you prove you didn't do something? >> how rough was it inside? >> i never liked it. but i got used to it. >> how long did it take you? >> probably 14 or 15 years. >> 14 or 15 years? >> to get where i was used to it. >> the first years the hardest? >> the first years are hard. just because it's a shock and it's new. and it's constant adjustment. constant recalibration. >> what did you son mean to you? >> as i began losing pieces of myself, my reputation, my assets, most of my friends, as those things diminished, my son's importance rose just, if nothing else, supply and demand. >> how were those visits? >> to me, it was just -- i'

. >>> the cnn film an unreal dream is a true story of michael morton.onvicted of the brutal murder of his own wife and insists on his insist the whole time. his calm demeanor in the courtroom worked against him as at least one juror felt it proved his guilt. >> i guess i kept looking at michael and just noticing that he didn't seem to have a lot of feeling about him. i guess i kept looking for some emotion that would let me know something about what was going on. >> michael had an amazing capacity to compartmentalize things so he didn't bring his grief into the office. i don't know what he did with it. >> i didn't think i was going to get convicted. it was going to be a long-ish trial, but then it would be revealed that there can be no there there. there's nothing to convict. there's nothing hard, nothing that says look, this guy did it. nothing beyond a reasonable doubt. and i couldn't imagine what could possibly be manufactured to make 12 people think i had killed my wife. >> find out how a jury convicted this husband of murder and how he was eventual

. >>> his wife was bludgeoned to death in their home in front of th their 3-year-old son and michael mortons convicted, and sentenced to a life in prison but he did not do it. dna evidence exonerated michael but it took 25 years, and he was in prison the whole time. this incredible story has become a new cnn documentary "unreal dream" tonight 9:00 eastern time. highly recommend you check out that story. checking other stories, the wife of an ohio judge is in jail, accused of trying to poison her husband. reports say carla hague is held on charge of attempted murder. officials say she tried to poison him with antifreeze. he's recovering at home. >>> a mother and her four young kids are lucky to be alive in part because of the quick thinking of an undercover dea agent. he pulled two of the children from the burning pickup, on interstate 40 in tennessee. the mom herself rescued her 3-year-old twins, and fortunately no one was injured. >>> surveillance video from a kmart in st. louis shows security trying to stop a mom accused of shoplifting. she starts to struggle and her male friend gets invo

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michael morton, if you heard that name, we've been talking about him this morning.ring his wife. he spent 25 years in a prison in texas for the crime. here's the problem with that. he didn't do it. and the evidence proved it. >> it's so hard to believe that people see this, you know this is the subject of a new cnn documentary called unreal dream. take a look. >> i am probably the per son if i indication of that old axiom you remember about school that you can't prove a negative. how do you prove you didn't do something? >> how rough was it inside? >> i never liked it. but i got used to it. >> how long did it take you? >> probably 14 or 15 years. >> 14 or 15 years? >> to get to where i was used to it. >> are the first years the hardest? >> the first years are hard just because it's a shock and it's new and it's constant adjustment. constant recalibration. >> you say i always thought that i would get out. what fueled the hope? >> it's difficult for me to say whether it what just faith that i knew i was right and i wasn't guilty that this would work out or just that i