Texas recently jailed, disbarred, and removed from the bench Ken Anderson, an active judge for his despicable roll in sending Michael Morton to prison for 25 years. Anderson, then a prosecutor, withheld intentionally exculpatory evidence.
Michael Morton is trying to live what’s left of his life. Lawsuits likely will be settled in his favor resulting in him being comfortable.
Is there any statutory cap to damages in Texas? There is in many jurisdictions. In some you can’t collect more than $25,000 per year of incarceration, which is ridiculously low considering that you can collect $17 million from 7-UP just for not pointing a bottle away from your face when you spin off the cap.