Now, imagine oneself in Michaels' shoes. How must have he felt when he was charged for the wrong reason, that too killing his own wife, a murder that he did not commit. It must have been a torrid time for Michael who spent a quarter century in the prison. Many people whom he knew must have looked down upon him for the act for which he was arrested. He must have earned a bad name among his colleagues and his friends. A wrong decision can change anyone’s life as proven by this case.

But thanks to DNA testing, as reported by cbsnews.com, Michael Morton would be receiving around $2 million as a matter of compensation, as he was wrongly kept in prison for so many years. But would this money be able to erase his memories, which he spent in the prison along with other convicts? No, it would not as he will never be able to forget the treacherous stay in the prison, when he knew that he had not killed his better half.

Had it not been for the DNA technology, he would still be serving his life sentence in prison. There are many people like him who have been rescued by DNA technology, when they have been imprisoned for the wrong reasons.