Back in action: Michael Morton; Cameron Todd Willingham; DA Bradley ousted; Handling of cases focus of opponent's campaign. Statesman;

STORY: Morton case focus of opponent's campaign to oust DA John Bradley, by reporters Chuck Lindell and Clair Osborn, published in The Statesman on May 30, 2012. (Editorial note: What goes around comes around! HL);

GIST: "Michael Morton wasn't on the ballot, didn't campaign and didn't back a candidate, but the recently exonerated former inmate cast a long shadow on the Williamson County district attorney race, becoming the key issue in the defeat of a once-popular John Bradley. Jana Duty, a 10-point victor in Tuesday's Republican primary, made Morton a centerpiece of her campaign, focusing on Bradley's decision to fight Morton's 2005 request for DNA testing. It would take six years for a court to order tests that cleared Morton of the 1986 murder of his wife, Christine, and led authorities to another suspect, Mark Alan Norwood. Voters responded by turning out Bradley, Williamson County's lead prosecutor for the past 10½ years and one of the state's most prominent district attorneys.........Beyond the Morton affair, Bradley also was criticized for his leadership of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, which was investigating the science used to convict and execute Cameron Todd Willingham for the arson murder of his three young daughters. Bradley was accused of foot-dragging in the Willingham probe, and fellow commissioners rebuked Bradley for showing potential bias in 2010 by calling Willingham a "guilty monster" during the investigation. Bradley's tenure on the panel ended in additional headlines when state senators, angered at his confrontational attitude during a nomination hearing, declined to vote on his appointment last year."

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/morton-case-was-focus-of-jana-dutys-campaign-2383429.html

PUBLISHER'S NOTE:

I am monitoring this case. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments.

The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:

http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith

Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:

http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html

Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com

Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog