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Hearing Resumes in Willingham Court of Inquiry

By Steve Hall

"Hearing to resume over disputed Texas arson case," is the AP report via the Austin American-Statesman.  A Texas judge planning to re-examine allegedly faulty arson evidence that led to an execution is expected to rule on whether he should step aside from the case.Judge Charlie Baird is expected to issue his ruling on Thursday in Austin. Navarro County District Attorney R. Lowell Thompson, whose office successfully prosecuted Cameron Todd Willingham in 1992, asked Baird to remove himself and questioned his impartiality. The Texas Tribune reports, "Can a Court of Inquiry Take On the Willingham Case?"  It's by Morgan Smith. Judge Charlie Baird will decide today whether to recuse himself from an investigation into the innocence of Cameron Todd Willingham, the Corsicana man executed in 2004 for the arson deaths of his three young daughters...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 14, 2010 (boomark / email).