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New Yorker Examines Texas' Execution of Todd Willingham - Judge Jackson's Flawd Arguments Against Willingham

By "Persian Cowboy"

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In the Sept 7, 2009 edition of the New Yorker David Grann comprehensively examines the Todd Willingham case in which an innocent person was executed by Texas. The proven execution of an innocent person means the end of the death penalty in the United States. Shout this name from the rooftops, Todd Willingham. He was innocent and Texas killed him.Governor Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles had been given a report before the execution that cast doubt that the fire was arson, but they ignored it. The Innocence Project obtained, through the Freedom of Information Act, all the records from the governor?s office and the board pertaining to Hurst?s report. ?The documents show that they received the report, but neither office has any record of anyone acknowledging it, taking note of its significance, responding to it, or calling any attention to it within the government,? Barry Scheck said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on September 01, 2009 (boomark / email).