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Todd Willingham, the FSC, and Junk Science

By Steve Hall

"Willingham hearing imperfect but important," is the title of a Dallas Morning News editorial.  It appeared in the Saturday edition. The questions surrounding the Cameron Todd Willingham case have become a constant drumbeat in Texas' death penalty discussion. The underlying unknown: Did Texas err when it executed Willingham?The case of a man who was put to death for arson murder of his three daughters has become the state's most discussed, most studied and most maligned capital murder case. But despite an array of efforts to re-examine the questionable science that sent Willingham to his death, no legal determination has been made on whether he was wrongfully convicted.That's what state District Judge Charlie Baird aims to do, starting with a hearing on Wednesday...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 04, 2010 (boomark / email).