For the First Time, Prosecutor Being Jailed for Withholding Evidence in Conviction of Innocent Man

By David Harris-Gershon    November 9, 2013

Excerpts...  
" Today in Texas, former prosecutor and judge Ken Anderson pled guilty to intentionally failing to disclose evidence in a case that sent an innocent man, Michael Morton, to prison for the murder of his wife. When trying the case as a prosecutor, Anderson possessed evidence that may have cleared Morton, including statements from the crime’s only eyewitness that Morton wasn't the culprit. Anderson sat on this evidence, and then watched Morton get convicted. While Morton remained in prison for the next 25 years, Anderson’s career flourished, and he eventually became a judge.

In today’s deal, Anderson pled to criminal contempt, and will have to give up his law license, perform 500 hours of community service, and spend 10 days in jail. Anderson had already resigned in September from his position on the Texas bench."

Michael Morton, wife and son. He lost 25 years in prison - wrongfully convicted because of Ken Anderson withholding exculpatory evidence; then a prosecutor, now a judge.

" ...In Illinois, two police officers whose improperly grueling interrogation techniques led to the wrongful conviction of Juan Rivera and others were not penalized when their 3rd degree tactics came to light. Rather, they were recently hired at taxpayer expense to teach interrogation courses to other police officers around the state. A recent study found prosecutorial misconduct in nearly one-quarter of all capital cases in Arizona. Only two of those prosecutors have been reprimanded or punished."

read the complete article :

http://www.alternet.org/speakeasy/tikkundaily/first-time-prosecutor-being-jailed-withholding-evidence-conviction-innocent

"...In order for such misconduct to be curbed, meaningful punishments for such gross criminal actions will need to become the rule, rather than the exception. For as my students now understand, stealing someone’s innocence, and years of their life, is just about the most heinous crime possible to commit. It’s about time we treat it as such."

By David Harris-Gershon    November 9, 2013

The case of Kerry Lyn Dalton has these same issues (among many others): the prosecutor withholding exculpatory evidence - but the courts have not reviewed her case yet - sentenced March 1995. 
How long does justice take?

Please look up the case, the trial, the appeals, and read CAGES, the documented true story of her case quoted from the trial transcripts. (click the banner at the top of the page to get more info on CAGES)