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Thought the mantra of the right was that life was precious, perhaps it only applies to the womb.. another innocent man was executed in a rush to judgement once again.. this case was on 60 minutes a while ago and I remember it well...
This seems to have been happening often lately.. always thought in capital murder cases that there was a need to provide a "vigorous" defense and that every safeguard was afforded the defendant.. guess more shortcuts taken, innocent men killed. Perhaps it is just more collateral damage on the crusade to effect the death penalty.
A Texas judge who reviewed the controversial 2004 execution of Cameron Todd Willingham planned to posthumously exonerate the father who was put to death for killing his three daughters in a house fire.
Scientific experts who debunked the arson evidence used against Willingham at his 1992 trial and a jailhouse witness who recanted his shaky testimony convinced District Court Judge Charlie Baird in 2010 that "Texas wrongfully convicted" him. But Baird's order clearing Willingham's name never became official, because a higher court halted the posthumous inquiry while it considered whether the judge had authority to examine the capital case.
While waiting for permission to finish the case from the Third Court of Appeals, Baird put together the document that "orders the exoneration of Cameron Todd Willingham for murdering his three daughters," because of "overwhelming, credible and reliable evidence" presented during a one-day hearing in Austin in October 2010.
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Thought the mantra of the right was that life was precious, perhaps it only applies to the womb.. another innocent man was executed in a rush to judgement once again.. this case was on 60 minutes a while ago and I remember it well...
This seems to have been happening often lately.. always thought in capital murder cases that there was a need to provide a "vigorous" defense and that every safeguard was afforded the defendant.. guess more shortcuts taken, innocent men killed. Perhaps it is just more collateral damage on the crusade to effect the death penalty.
The guy was executed years before the evidence was disputed.
I like the idea of DNA to make sure the right people are in jail for the crime.
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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."
According to the Innocence Project the forensics were shown to be faulty by an arson expert as part of his appeals.
The link indicated he was executed in 2004 and that the exoneration was posthumous.
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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."
The exoneration, yes -- not disputing of the evidence
When was the vvidence 'disproven'? Date?
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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."
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Another Texas Execution of an innocent man..
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