Today's Austin American-Statesman reports, "Anderson inquiry in Williamson County slowed until June." It's by Chuck Lindell.
The court of inquiry examining former Williamson County prosecutor Ken Anderson's role in the Michael Morton case will progress slowly for the next three months, the special prosecutor said Monday.
Rusty Hardin, appointed last week to act as special prosecutor for the court of inquiry, said another commitment will keep him from devoting much time to the Anderson-Morton case until June at the earliest.
Hardin is defending pitching star Roger Clemens against charges that he lied to Congress when he denied using steroids during his Major League Baseball career. That federal court trial begins April 16 in Washington, and prosecutors indicated that they will need six to eight weeks to present their case, Hardin said.
"I think it's safe to say we expect the main efforts to be this summer" in the Anderson inquiry, Hardin said from his office in Houston.
The court of inquiry will examine allegations, leveled by Morton and his lawyers, that Anderson intentionally hid evidence that could have spared Morton from a life sentence for the 1986 murder of his wife, Christine, in their Southwest Williamson County home.
Earlier coverage of the Morton exoneration and Court of Inquiry begins at the link.
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