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Rick Perry
Perry Appointee In No Rush To Wade Back Into Willingham Case
Zachary Roth | November 10, 2009, 4:23PM
Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX)
The Texas prosecutor appointed by Governor Rick Perry to chair a state forensics commission won't say when, if ever, his panel will hear from an arson expert who had been scheduled to testify about a flawed arson investigation that may have led to the death of an innocent man.
Asked, during a state Senate hearing, about when the Texas Forensic Science Commission would hear from nationally recognized expert Craig Beyler, John Bradley declined to give a specific answer.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (5) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (2)Topics: Cameron Todd Willingham, Death Penalty, John Bradley, Rick Perry, arson
Death Penalty
Texas Governor Stymieing Panel Probing Flawed Death Penalty Case?
Zachary Roth | October 2, 2009, 12:35PM
Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX)
Even by the standards of Texas's enthusiasm for state-sanctioned killing, this is pretty shocking...
A Texas scientific panel has been looking into possible missteps in a criminal investigation of a 1991 arson case which led to the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham. A recent New Yorker story about the case laid out compelling evidence that Willingham may well have been wrongly put to death.
Topics: Cameron Todd Willingham, Craig Beyler, Death Penalty, Kay Bailey Hutchison, New Yorker, Rick Perry, Texas, Texas Forensic Science Commission, arson
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