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Statesman: "it's time to address state's flawed system"

By "Persian Cowboy"

"Death penalty: With doubts raised, it's time to address state's flawed system," is the title of Austin American-Statesman's last editorial of 2009.Like the overdue family chat about the uncle everybody knows is not quite right, it's time for Texas to talk about something many folks know is not quite right.Whether you support or oppose the concept, there's no ignoring the serious problems in the execution of how we execute people. Eleven Texas death row inmates have been exonerated.In 2009, we dealt with disturbing developments in the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, executed in 2004 for the slaying of his three children in a fire.A state-commissioned report said law-enforcement witnesses who offered key testimony "had poor understandings of fire science...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on January 14, 2010 (boomark / email).