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Title: Getting Life
Condition: New
Subtitle: An Innocent Man's 25-Year Journey from Prison to Peace: A Memoir
Author: Michael Morton
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 147675683X
EAN: 9781476756837
ISBN: 9781476756837
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Genre: Biography
Release Date: 30/07/2015
Description: 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.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 213mm
Item Length: 140mm
Item Width: 30mm
Item Weight: 281g
Release Year: 2015

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