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Navarro County DA Seeks Judge's Recusal in Willingham Court of Inquiry

By Steve Hall

The petition for a court of inquiry and the district attorney's motion to recuse are available in Adobe .pdf format, via the Texas Tribune. The AP report is, "Judge asked to declare executed Texas man innocent," by Jeff Carlton. Prosecutors connected to the case of a Texas man who was executed for setting fire to his home and killing his three daughters are fighting a new effort to clear him.If the judge clears Cameron Todd Willingham, it will mark the first time an official in the nation's most active death penalty state has formally declared that someone was wrongly executed.John Bradley, the top prosecutor in Williamson County who also chairs the Texas Forensic Science Commission, said he believes the effort by the New York-based Innocence Project to have Willingham declared innocent is not about justice ? or even the guilt or innocence of Willingham...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 06, 2010 (boomark / email).