Gov. Rick Perry held a special ceremony to sign into law a proposal attempting to limit future wrongful convictions as the legislative session enters its

The House passed the measure with a voice vote Monday, as Morton watched from the gallery. The Senate approved the same bill unanimously last month.

Charges that Ken Anderson withheld evidence when he prosecuted Michael Morton for the murder of his wife should be tossed because the statute of limitations

The Texas Senate has unanimously approved a bill attempting to make criminal trials more fair and named in honor of a husband who wrongfully spent nearly 25

Mark Norwood was found guilty Wednesday in the 1986 murder of Christine Morton and the verdict triggered an automatic sentence of life in prison.

Prosecutors would have to turn over more evidence to defense lawyers under a proposal advancing through the state Capitol.

The defense team in the Mark Norwood capital murder trial rested its case after calling just three witnesses, including the defendant's mother to testify.

The judge presiding over the Mark Norwood murder trial on Friday ruled that evidence from a second killing can be presented because of the similarities of both

On the third day of Mark Norwood's trial in the 1986 murder of Christine Morton, the jury heard from her brother during his testimony.