CNN: Texas governor shakes up panel probing 2004 execution
Matt Smith of CNN was working on a story about the scheduled meeting of the Texas Forensic Science Commission and was planning to report Friday from the meeting, but today he shifted the focus of his story when Rick Perry shook up the panel and the new chair canceled Friday’s meeting. His story includes the first reaction from Todd Willingham’s family to Perry’s action. In Ardmore, Oklahoma, where his family lives, Willingham’s stepmother said she was “shocked and disappointed” by the postponement of Friday’s hearing. In 2006, Willingham’s stepmother attended the 7th Annual March to Stop Executions and delivered a