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A tardy motion to recuse in the Willingham court of inquiry

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Apparently not everybody is as revved up for Flawed Forensic Science Week as I am here at Grits, and some would like to put a stop to one of its featured events.In a motion filed late yesterday, Navarro County DA Lowell Thompson asked Judge Charlie Baird to recuse himself from the probable cause hearing for a Court of Inquiry scheduled to begin tomorrow in the Todd Willingham case, reports Steve Kreytak at the Austin Statesman:Navarro County District Attorney Lowell Thompson has filed a motion asking for Judge Charlie Baird?s recusal from tomorrow?s planned court inquiry into the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in 2004 for the arson deaths of his three young daughters. The motion, filed in Travis County late Monday, asks Baird to recuse himself or to refer the motion to another judge to conduct a hearing on his fitness to hear the case, which Baird scheduled for a two-day hearing to begin tomorrow...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 05, 2010 (boomark / email).