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On August 13, 1986, just one day after his thirty-second birthday,
Michael Morton went to work at his usual time. By the end of the
day, his wife Christine had been savagely bludgeoned to death in
the couple's bed-and the Williamson County Sherriff's office in
Texas wasted no time in pinning her murder on Michael, despite an
absolute lack of physical evidence. Michael was swiftly sentenced
to life in prison for a crime he had not committed. He mourned his
wife from a prison cell. He lost all contact with their son. Life,
as he knew it, was over. Drawing on his recollections, court
transcripts, and more than 1,000 pages of personal journals he
wrote in prison, Michael recounts the hidden police reports about
an unidentified van parked near his house that were never pursued;
the bandana with the killer's DNA on it, that was never introduced
in court; the call from a neighbouring county reporting the
attempted use of his wife's credit card, which was never followed
up on; and ultimately, how he battled his way through the darkness
to become a free man once again. "Even for readers who may feel
practically jaded about stories of injustice in Texas-even those
who followed this case closely in the press-could do themselves a
favour by picking up Michael Morton's new memoir...It is extremely
well-written [and] insightful" (The Austin Chronicle). Getting
Lifeis an extraordinary story of unfathomable tragedy, grave
injustice, and the strength and courage it takes to find
forgiveness.
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