Michael Morton Talks About Being Out of Jail for 1 Year and Future Plans — Transcript
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- 0:03A FORMER WILLIAMSON COUNTY MAN
- 0:04WHO SPENT 25 YEARS IN PRISON
- 0:06FOR A CRIME HE DIDN'T
- 0:093 UN ANTIGUO HOMBRE DE
- 0:10COMMIT... IS CELEBRATING ONE
- 0:10WILLIAMSON COUNTY QUE GASTó 25
- 0:11YEAR OF FREEDOM TODAY... BY
- 0:11CHAMPIONING A CHANGE IN STATE
- 0:13AñOS EN LA PRISIóN PARA UN
- 0:13LAW.MICHAEL MORTON WAS
- 0:14DELITO QUE éL NO DESTINó.
- 0:15CONVICTED OF HIS WIFE'S 1987
- 0:16MURDER AND SENTENCED TO
- 0:18LIFE... BUT AFTER NEW DNA
- 0:19MICHAEL MORTON FUE CONDENADO DE
- 0:19SU ESPOSA ES EL ASESINATO DE
- 0:201987 Y CONDENADO A LA VIDA.
- 0:22EVIDENCE SET HIM FREE HIS NEW
- 0:23MISSION IT TO MAKE SURE WHAT
- 0:25HAPPENED TO HIM- DOESN'T
- 0:26HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE.
- 0:27ELSE.
- 0:283
- 0:29PERO DESPUéS DE QUE NUEVAS
- 0:30PRUEBAS DE ADN LO PUSIERON
- 0:31WHO COULD FORGET THIS DAY- ONE
- 0:32YEAR AGO... AND MICHAEL
- 0:32LIBERAN SU NUEVA MISIóN ESTO
- 0:33MORTON'S FIRST WORDS AS A FREE
- 0:35MAN IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES.
- 0:36MORTON SAYS COLORS SEEM REAL
- 0:36PARA ASEGURARSE LO QUE PASó A
- 0:37éL NO PASA A NADIE MáS.
- 0:38BRIGHT TO ME NOW AND THE WOMEN
- 0:39Y MICHAEL MORTON ES PRIMERAS
- 0:39ARE REAL GOOD LOOKING. I THANK
- 0:40GOD THIS WASN'T A CAPITAL
- 0:41CASE, THAT I ONLY HAD LIFE
- 0:42BECAUSE IT GAVE THESE 'SAINTS'
- 0:43PALABRAS COMO UN HOMBRE LIBRE
- 0:44HERE AT THE INNOCENCE PROJECT
- 0:44EN MáS DE 2 DéCADAS.
- 0:45MORTON DICE QUE LOS COLORES MáS
- 0:46TO DO THIS.HIS FIRST FREE
- 0:47VERDADEROS BRILLANTE A Mí
- 0:48EMBRACE WITH HIS MOTHER... AND
- 0:48HIS FIRST MOMENTS IN THE "FREE
- 0:49SUN."MICHAEL SAYS IT WAS
- 0:50WONDERFULLY SHOCKING- BUT
- 0:51AHORA Y LAS MUJERES SON
- 0:52WONDERFUL NONETHELESS.THE
- 0:53VERDADEROS AGRADABLE.
- 0:53WONDER, FOR MORTON, HAS BEEN
- 0:54MICHAEL DICE QUE ERA
- 0:55NOT SO MUCH IN HIS NEWFOUND
- 0:56FREEDOM... BUT IN HIS NEW
- 0:56RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS SON.
- 0:57MARAVILLOSAMENTE ESPANTOSO.
- 0:58SON.MICHAEL MORTON SAYS I
- 0:59PERO MARAVILLOSO SIN EMBARGO.
- 1:00WANTED TO RECONNECT WITH HIM-
- 1:01LA MARAVILLA, PARA MORTON, HA
- 1:02SIDO NO TANTO EN SU NEW
- 1:02FREEDOM.
- 1:05AND I WANTED HIM TO KNOW THAT
- 1:06I WAS HIS FATHER AND I HAD NOT
- 1:08MICHAEL MORTON DICE QUE QUISE
- 1:08KILLED HIS MOTHER.RECONNECT
- 1:09UNIRME DE NUEVO CON éL Y QUISE
- 1:10QUE éL SUPIERA QUE YO ERA SU
- 1:11PADRE.
- 1:12Y NO HABíA MATADO A SU MADRE.
- 1:13THEY HAVE.AND SO MUCH MORE.TWO
- 1:13MONTHS AFTER MICHAEL WAS
- 1:14úNASE DE NUEVO ELLOS TIENEN.
- 1:15FREED- HE BECAME A GRANDFATHER
- 1:15FOR THE FIRST TIME- TO LITTLE
- 1:20CHRISTINE MARIE- NAMED FOR THE
- 1:21GRANDMOTHER SHE WILL NEVER
- 1:21KNOW.THERE HAVE BEEN
- 1:252 MESES DESPUéS DE QUE MICHAEL
- 1:26FUE LIBERADO éL SE HIZO UN
- 1:27ABUELO POR PRIMERA VEZ A POCA
- 1:28MARIE DE CHRISTINE LLAMADA
- 1:28CHRISTENINGS AND WEDDINGS...
- 1:29MEMORABLE NEW FRIENDS... AND A
- 1:30PARA LA ABUELA ELLA NUNCA VA
- 1:32NEW LOVE.MORTON ISN'T
- 1:33BITTER... BUT HE DOES WANT
- 1:34Y UN NUEVO AMOR.
- 1:34ANSWERS.MICHAEL SAYS I WOULD
- 1:35LOVE TO BE IN A ROOM WITH JUST
- 1:36MORTON NO ES AMARGO.
- 1:36KEN ANDERSON AND MYSELF AND
- 1:38PERO éL REALMENTE QUIERE
- 1:38ASK HIM WHY HE DID THIS TO ME.
- 1:39RESPUESTAS.
- 1:39MORTON AND HIS ATTORNEYS
- 1:41BELIEVE THEN WILLIAMSON COUNTY
- 1:42MICHAEL DICE QUE YO QUERRíA
- 1:42PROSECUTOR KEN ANDERSON DID
- 1:43ESTAR EN UN CUARTO CON EL
- 1:44NOT DISCLOSE KEY EVIDENCE THAT
- 1:45COULD HAVE SET MORTON FREE.
- 1:46MICHAEL SAYS THE THING THAT
- 1:47JUSTO ANDERSON DE KEN Y Mí Y
- 1:47GETS ME OUT OF BED IS- HONEST
- 1:48TO GOD- I DON'T WANT WHAT
- 1:48HAPPENED TO ME TO HAPPEN TO
- 1:50PREGUNTARLE POR QUé éL HIZO
- 1:50ESTO A Mí.
- 1:51MORTON Y SU WILLIAMSON COUNTY
- 1:52DE BELIEVE DE ABOGADOS
- 1:53ANDERSON DE KEN FISCAL NO
- 1:53YOU- TO YOU OR ANYBODY.
- 1:54REVELó PRUEBAS CLAVES QUE
- 1:55PODRíAN HABER LIBERADO MORTON
- 1:59TO GOD- I DON'T WANT WHAT
- 2:00SPEAKING TO A CROWDED ROOM AT
- 2:01THE CAPITAL THURSDAY... MORTON
- 2:01LAID OUT HIS NEW CRUSADE... AN
- 2:033 HABLAR A UN CUARTO ATESTADO
- 2:04EN LA CAPITAL EL JUEVES.
- 2:04MORTON PRESENTó SU NUEVA
- 2:05CRUZADA.
- 2:06APPEAL TO ANYONE WHO WILL
- 2:06LISTEN... TO TELL THEIR
- 2:08LAWMAKERS ABOUT MICHAEL
- 2:09MORTON. MICHAEL SAYS IF WE
- 2:10COULD JUST MAKE PROSECUTORS
- 2:13WHO CROSS THE LINE- WHO BREAK
- 2:14THE LAW- LIABLE TO LOSE THEIR
- 2:16LAW LICENSE- THEN WE CAN
- 2:20MICHAEL DICE SI PODRíAMOS HACER
- 2:20SóLO FISCALES QUIéNES CRUZAN
- 2:21PREVENT THIS BECAUSE NO
- 2:22THINKING PROSECUTOR IS GOING
- 2:23TO RISK HIS LAW LICENSE JUST
- 2:24LA LíNEA QUIéNES VIOLAN LA LEY
- 2:25TO GET SOME BOGUS CONVICTION.
- 2:26THE 24 YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS
- 2:27OBLIGADOS DE PERDER SU
- 2:27HE SPENT IN PRISON ARE A
- 2:29MEMORY NOW.AND HIS NEW MISSION
- 2:29LICENCIA DE LA LEY PODEMOS
- 2:30IS CLEAR.MICHAEL SAYS MY GOAL
- 2:31IS NOT FAME AND FORTUNE
- 2:31((CUT)) THE GOAL IS TO MAKE
- 2:35LOS 24 AñOS Y 4 MESES QUE éL
- 2:35GASTó EN LA PRISIóN SON UNA
- 2:36MEMORIA AHORA.
- 2:36SURE THAT WHAT
- 2:37Y SU NUEVA MISIóN ESTá CLARA.
- 2:38MICHAEL DICE QUE MI OBJETIVO NO
- 2:39ES LA FAMA Y LA FORTUNA
- 2:44IS NOT FAME AND FORTUNE
- 2:45HAPPENED TO ME DOESN'T HAPPEN
- 2:45TO YOU.
- 2:453
- 2:463
- 2:473 PASó A Mí NO PASA A USTED.
- 2:51THIS CASE HAS HAD FAR REACHING
- 2:52RIPPLE EFFECTS... A SPECIAL
- 2:53INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN CALLED
- 2:56TO EXAMINE KEN ANDERSON'S
- 2:57ACTIONS IN THE MORTON CASE.
- 2:59SE HA LLAMADO UNA INVESTIGACIóN
- 2:59EXCLUSIVA PARA EXAMINAR
- 3:00THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN
- 3:01DECEMBER.... AND REMEMBER,
- 3:01ANDERSON IS NOW A DISTRICT
- 3:03ACCIONES DE ANDERSON DE KEN EN
- 3:03JUDGE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
- 3:04EL CASO DE MORTON .
- 3:05Y RECUERDE, ANDERSON ES AHORA
- 3:06UN JUEZ DE DISTRITO EN
- 3:06WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
- 3:08PROSECUTORS HAVE CHARGED MARK
- 3:09NORWOOD WITH THE MURDER OF
- 3:09CHRISTINE MORTON AFTER HIS DNA
- 3:11WAS FOUND MIXED WITH HERS ON A
- 3:12PIECE OF EVIDENCE FROM THE
- 3:13SCENE... HIS TRIAL IS SET TO
- 3:15BEGIN IN JANUARY.LONGTIME
- 3:16WILLIAMSON COUNTY DISTRICT
- 3:17LOS FISCALES HAN ACUSADO MARK
- 3:18NORWOOD DEL ASESINATO DE
- 3:19CHRISTINE MORTON DESPUéS DE
- 3:19ATTORNEY JOHN BRADLEY WAS
- 3:20DEFEATED IN THE MAY PRIMARY
- 3:21AFTER HE FOUGHT THE DNA
- 3:22TESTING THAT ULTIMALTELY
- 3:23QUE SU ADN FUE ENCONTRADO
- 3:24PROVED MORTON'S INNOCENCE.
- 3:24INNOCENCE.
- 3:25VARIADO CON EL SUYO EN PRUEBAS
- 3:26MORTON HOPES A CHANGE IN THE
- 3:27SU PROCESO ES HECHO COMENZAR EN
- 3:28ENERO.
- 3:28LAW TO MAKE PROSECUTORS MORE
- 3:29ACCOUNTABLE FOR MISCONDUCT
- 3:30JOHN BRADLEY DE FISCAL DEL
- 3:31DISTRITO DE WILLIAMSON COUNTY
- 3:32WILL BE THE NEXT CHAPTER IN
- 3:33HIS STORY... AND HE'S CREATED
- 3:33DE MUCHO TIEMPO FUE DERROTADO
- 3:34A WEBSITE WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN
- 3:36ENCOURAGE THE CHANGE TO THEIR
- 3:36EN LA PRIMARIA DE MAYO DESPUéS
- 3:37LAWMAKERS.
- 3:38YOU'LL FIND THAT WEBSITE WITH
- 3:38DE QUE éL PELEó CONTRA ADN QUE
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