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New Report Shows Texas Executed a Man in 2004 Who Was Most Likely Innocent

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

Some of us are already familiar with the tragic story of Cameron Todd Willingham. In fact, a few years ago, the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty published a resource called "Innocent and Executed" that featured the stories of four men who were most likely innocent and executed--three in Texas and one in Missouri. A new investigative report shows that Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas in 2004, was almost certainly innocent. The report comes three years after the Innocence Project released analysis from some of the nation?s leading forensic experts. These experts found that the core evidence against Willingham was not valid. The Innocence Project also obtained public records showing that Texas officials ignored this evidence in the days leading up to Willingham?s execution...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on August 31, 2009 (boomark / email).