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New Documentary Premieres at SxSW Film - Incendiary

By Steve Hall

"The Case That Wouldn't Stay Closed," is the title of Jordan Smith's article in the Austin Chronicle.  Here's an extended excerpt from the beginning: The case of Cameron Todd Willingham, tried and executed for a 1991 fire in Corsicana, Texas, that claimed the lives of his three young children, has been a long and circuitous one, full of political intrigue, scientific inquiry, and sadness. The story is not yet finished: Over the past four years it has actually heated up to a near fever pitch, starting when lawyers with the Innocence Project requested the nascent Texas Forensic Science Commission reinvestigate the case to determine whether the arson science used to convict Willingham was outdated and inaccurate...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 11, 2011 (boomark / email).