Ex-judge jailed for wrongful murder conviction

A former Texas judge charged over a wrongful murder conviction when he was a prosecutor has accepted a 10-day jail sentence in front of the man he put in prison for nearly 25 years.

Ken Anderson was revoked of his licence to practice law and forced to serve 500 hours of community service for his role in wrongfully prosecuting Michael Morton for his wife's murder in 1986.

Morton, who was released from prison in 2011 after DNA evidence exonerated him, said it was a "good day" when asked if he felt satisfaction in watching the role reversal.

Anderson, 61, entered a plea of no contest to a contempt of court charge which stemmed from a 1987 exchange when the then Williamson County district attorney, told a judge that he did not have anything to offer that was favourable to Mr Morton's defence.

However, among the evidence Mr Morton's lawyers claim was kept from them were statements from his three-year-old son, who witnessed the murder and said his father was not responsible and interviews with neighbours who said they saw another man near the Morton home before the murder.