By Will Weissert
The Associated Press
GEORGETOWN, Texas — Texas prosecutors have agreed to release a man who spent nearly 25 years in prison for murdering his wife after reviewing evidence that the man is innocent.
The case will likely raise more questions about Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley, whose tenure on the Texas Forensic Science Commission has been controversial. The Innocence Project has accused Bradley of suppressing evidence that could have cleared Michael Morton.
The judge set a bond for Morton, and he is expected to be released in the next few days.
Morton was convicted on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to life in prison for his wife’s 1986 beating death. But new DNA tests done on a bandanna found near Morton’s home found blood from his wife and a California felon.