Reactions to Ken Anderson contempt verdict

Over the weekend, Grits offered an assessment of the tepid justice evidenced in former prosecutor and District Judge Ken Anderson's guilty plea and 10-day contempt sentence for withholding evidence in the Michael Morton case. Now, numerous other commenters have weighed in. Some find the outcome historic, since supposedly no prosecutor has ever before gone to jail for withholding evidence. But more common was the suggestion that 10 days was a ridiculously light sentence compared to the quarter century Michael Morton spent in prison. Here's a sampling of various views:

• Defending People (guest post by Robb Fickman)
• Simple Justice
• Eye on Williamson County
• Wonkette
• Ethics Alarms
• Daily Kos
• Robert Cavnar (Huffington Post)
• Dallas Morning News
• Austin Statesman (editorial)
• Austin Statesman (roundup of Facebook comments)
• New York Times
• Kansas City Star
• Tikkun

Notably, this may not be the last of the fallout. The Los Angeles Times reported that:

Williamson County Dist. Atty. Jana Duty agreed to an independent audit of cases Anderson handled as district attorney, as well as some cases handled by his successor, John Bradley, in which Bradley refused requests for post-conviction DNA testing (as he did in the Morton case). The audit will be conducted by the Innocence Project, the Innocence Project of Texas and the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn.

Over the weekend, Grits offered an assessment of the tepid justice evidenced in former prosecutor and District Judge Ken Anderson's guilty plea and 10-day contempt sentence for withholding evidence in the Michael Morton case. Now, numerous other commenters have weighed in. Some find the outcome historic, since supposedly no prosecutor has ever before gone to jail for withholding evidence. But more common was the suggestion that 10 days was a ridiculously light sentence compared to the quarter century Michael Morton spent in prison. Here's a sampling of various views:

• Defending People (guest post by Robb Fickman)
• Simple Justice
• Eye on Williamson County
• Wonkette
• Ethics Alarms
• Daily Kos
• Robert Cavnar (Huffington Post)
• Dallas Morning News
• Austin Statesman (editorial)
• Austin Statesman (roundup of Facebook comments)
• New York Times
• Kansas City Star
• Tikkun

Notably, this may not be the last of the fallout. The Los Angeles Times reported that:

Williamson County Dist. Atty. Jana Duty agreed to an independent audit of cases Anderson handled as district attorney, as well as some cases handled by his successor, John Bradley, in which Bradley refused requests for post-conviction DNA testing (as he did in the Morton case). The audit will be conducted by the Innocence Project, the Innocence Project of Texas and the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn.