Recently, Williamson County State District Judge Ken Anderson was accused of concealing evidence when he was a prosecutor in a murder trial that ended up sentencing an innocent man to prison for approximately 25 years. This week, Anderson submitted his resignation letter to Governor Rick Perry. In the letter it stated that it was “effective immediately” however he did not state a reason as to why he chose to resign. Anderson is a former district attorney who prosecuted Michael Morton back in 1987 for murder charges after his wife was found dead in their home. Mr. Morton was exonerated in 2011 after DNA evidence proved that he was innocent. After the exoneration of Morton, a special court of inquiry found that Anderson intentionally withheld evidence that would’ve helped prove the innocence of Morton against the murder allegations and prison time he was facing. The formal charges that Anderson is now facing include: criminal contempt and tampering with evidence. The special prosecutor that Anderson will be facing is Richard Roper who served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas from 2004 to 2008 and is now specializing in business law. If Anderson is convicted and found guilty, he could face up to 10 years in prison. Even today Anderson has denied any wrong doing. In March of this year prosecutors found Mark Norwood guilty of capital murder after finding a bloody bandana with his DNA on it that linked him to killing the wife of Michael Morton. After Morton was cleared of all charges he called the conviction a “mixed bag”, to him the release was not a celebration. When news broke of the case and events that transpired Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued a public statement calling the verdict “a dose of long overdue justice.”