Now that the Republican primary elections in Williamson are over, can we have a meaningful discussion of the Morton case? It's been like the white elephant around this site since the story really broke last year.

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We are an honorable profession. So many of the prosecutors I know statewide are honorable people who shudder at the thought of jailing an innocent defendant. I think we need to stand as a profession and say that the Morton case was not right, that it was not handled right, and that we are open to working with the legislature to draft laws to prevent it from happening again.

What do you think?

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Anon:

We don't allow anonymous posts on this forum. But you raise an important topic, so I've left up part of your long post so that I can add this reply before locking the thread:

TDCAA is already working to address the issues you've raised. Why would you assume otherwise--because you didn't read about it on the user forum? That's a mistake, or at least a misunderstanding of this forum's purpose.

If you'd like to learn more about what TDCAA is working on, why don't you call and ask us first? We'll be happy to clue you in, assuming you are a member. But then, since you posted anonymously, we don't know that, so this thread ends here.