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Cameron Todd Willingham: Debating his 'innocence'

The Cameron Willingham case promises to become one of the most hotly debated capital cases in Texas history, being hailed as it is as the first example of a demonstrably innocent person being executed.Others, like the judge in the case, insist Willingham was guilty even if the forensics were flawed. See his column from the Corsicana Sun. And comments to Grits last post on the topic show at least some people could and will justify Willingham's execution even if he didn't commit the crime for which he was convicted because of past crimes and bad behavior.Meanwhile, David Grann in the New Yorker's September 7 issue attempts to provide an antidote to this meme that other testimony would have convicted Willingham in a 16,000 word investigative piece paintakingly evaluating all the other evidence in his case, concluding that "Aside from the scientific evidence of arson, the case against Willingham did not stand up to scrutiny...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 31, 2009 (boomark / email).