Getting life : an innocent man's 25-year journey from prison to peace : a memoir

Morton, Michael 1954- (Author).

Summary: "On August 13, 1986 ... 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 Sheriff's office in Texas wasted no time in pinning her murder on [him] ... Michael was swiftly sentenced to life in prison for a crime he had not committed ... 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"--

Item details

ISBN: 9781476756820 (hbk.
ISBN: 1476756821 (hbk.)
ISBN: 9781476756837 (pbk.)
ISBN: 147675683X (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781476756844 (ebk.)
Physical Description: print
xi, 283 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.

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Morton, Michael 1954-
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology
TRUE CRIME / General

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