Sunday, October 25, 2009

USA Awaits Texas Execution Error Ruling

Melbourne's The Age Newspaper this week reported the developing story of Cameron Todd Willingham, executed Texas in 2004.
At one stage on Thursday it was the highest hit article on the website.
Death penalty opponents in the USA are anticipating an investigation into the execution of Willingham will declare, for the first time in the United States, that an innocent man was sent to his death.
Forensic evidence from the fire which killed Willingham's three children, and was central to his prosecution, has been criticised as "junk science".
The full story was published in The New Yorker, written by David Grann.
The tragedy of an innocent man falsely accused and subsequently executed could ignite new opposition to capital punishment in the USA.
If you are interested in the topic, I highly recommend you read The New Yorker article.

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