Michael Morton speaking out

The Texas Tribune and KXAN news in Austin each have interviews with Michael Morton, who's making the rounds in the media, apparently, after breaking his cherry with a national splash on 60 Minutes Sunday night.

• Texas Tribune: Michael Morton talks about ordeal, hopes for future
• KXAN-TV: Morton says faith saw him through

For those in Austin, Mr. Morton will be speaking on a panel Thursday at the UT law school at 1:30 p.m. about prosecutorial misconduct (see more detail in the second half of this post), which will be his first public speaking engagement to my knowledge since his exoneration. The event is part of a "national dialogue in the wake of Connick v. Thompson," an effort launched earlier this year by the national Innocence Project and the Veritas Initiative. See more detail at a website created to support this public education effort.