Join us for our Ladies’ Book Club! The club will be meeting Tuesday, October 16th at 5:30pm. It is open to all Brickyard members!!
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 re-counts the hidden police reports about an unidentified van parked near his house that were never pursued; the bandana with the kill-er’s DNA on it, that was never introduced in court; the call from a neighboring county reporting the attempted use of his wife’s cred-it card, which was never followed up on; and ultimately, how he bat-tled his way through the darkness to become a free man once again.
Join us for fun, fellowship & wine on 10-16 @ 5:30pm.
Brickyard Ladies Book Club