Politics & Policy
June 16, 2014
Leading Fire Investigation Into the Twenty-first Century
Texas is changing what we know about arson science. And it all started with Sonia Cacy.
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The Daily Post
October 24, 2013
State Fire Marshal Attempts To Get Arson Evidence Reviewed; West Texas DA Attempts To Stop Him
Cameron Todd Willingham became famous in death after the arson science used to convict him of murder and send him to death row wasdebunked. The debunking came in 2009 when the Texas Forensic Science Commission investigation concluded that “a finding of arson could not be sustained” in his
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
Judge Wanted to Posthumously Exonerate Cameron Todd Willingham
Former state district judge Charlie Baird shares the 18-page exoneration order that he never got to issue with The Huffington Post.
Behind the Lines
January 20, 2013
Life After Death
It’s time to halt executions in Texas.
News & Politics
January 20, 2013
Separated At Death
Ernest Willis spent seventeen years on death row for a crime he didn’t commit. And he has a few things to say about the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in 2004 for a strangely similar crime that many experts believe he didn’t commit either.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
TRANSCRIPT: “Very Few People Get off of Texas Death Row Alive”
Michael Hall’s exclusive interview with Ernest Willis.
Politics & Policy
July 27, 2010
The Willingham case
The integrity of the Texas Forensic Science Commission has been compromised ever since Rick Perry reorganized the commission, installed his longtime politically ally, Williamson County D.A. John Bradley, as chairman, and replaced other members of the commission investigating the Cameron Todd Willingham case. Willingham’s three children died in a fire
Politics & Policy
April 22, 2010
Watchdog group puts Perry on its “worst governors” list
The group is called CREW -- for "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington" -- and Perry was one of eleven governors to make the worst list. His compatriots, in alphabetical order, were: Haley Barbour (R-MS) Donald Carcieri (R-RI) Jim Gibbons (R-NV) Bobby Jindal (R-LA) David Paterson (D-NY) Sonny Perdue
Politics & Policy
October 19, 2009
Just wondering…
…why the Perry campaign is silent today. Last week spokesman Mark Miner fired off releases on Tuesday (2), Wednesday (2), and Friday (1). Today, nada. OK, I’m probably making a mountain out of a molehill, but it has occurred to me that the last couple of weeks haven’t exactly been
Politics & Policy
October 1, 2009
The Cover-Up
It’s not hard to figure out why Governor Perry removed the chairman and two members of the Texas Forensic Science Commission just before its scheduled meeting: He was about to be embarrassed, and not just in Texas but nationally. The commission was going to hear a report from an arson
Politics & Policy
September 30, 2009
Memo to Kay
Even someone who supports the death penalty, as you do, can and should be up in arms over the Cameron Willingham case.