Eugenia Willingham Writes Article About Todd, “So many questions that refuse to go away”
Eugenia Willingham has written an article published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram entitled, “So many questions that refuse to go away“. Nearly 18 years ago, a long nightmare began for my family. Every time we think the truth is finally coming to light, a new twist reopens old wounds. In 1991 my stepson, Cameron Todd Willingham, woke up to discover his Corsicana house on fire. The events that followed have been twisted by people with their own agenda. I am speaking out now because it is time for the truth in this case. The evidence that was used to convict
How Do You Rectify the Ultimate Mistake? – Mason County News – Mason, Texas
How Do You Rectify the Ultimate Mistake? – Mason County News – Mason, Texas Mason County News Editorials How Do You Rectify the Ultimate Mistake? Gerry Gamel,Editor October 28, 2009 Let’s be clear at the outset – I am an advocate of the death penalty. I believe that some crimes are so heinous, so evil, that the only punishment that is appropriate is the ending of that life. Let me also clarify that, though I’ve served on a number of juries, I’ve never been asked to make that determination, and I know that it would be difficult to offer up the death
Freed death row inmate calls on Perry to halt executions | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
Freed death row inmate calls on Perry to halt executions | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle Ernest Willis, the West Texas man who spent 17 years on death row for an arson-murder he didn’t commit, Monday called on Gov. Rick Perry to admit Texas may have erred when it executed Cameron Todd Willingham for setting a fire that killed his three children. “I think he should step up to the plate, call for a death penalty moratorium, listen to the experts and see what kind of situation we’ve got,” Willis said in a telephone interview from
The New Yorker’s David Grann: Stacy Speaks
David Grann: Stacy Speaks: News Desk : The New Yorker The case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas in 2004 and whom I wrote about for The New Yorker last month, has taken another strange twist. Yesterday, Willingham’s former wife, Stacy Kuykendall, released a statement to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram saying that he secretly confessed to killing their three daughters, who died in a fire on December 23, 1991. Her statement directly contradicts numerous previous statements she has made: in interviews with police and fire investigators; in testimony during the trial; in letters to public officials and Willingham’s lawyers; and in
Chronicle sues Perry over clemency report
Chronicle sues Perry over clemency report | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle The Houston Chronicle and Hearst Newspapers LLC are suing Gov. Rick Perry in an effort to force the release of a clemency report Perry received before denying a stay of execution to Cameron Todd Willingham. The report is a summary and status of the case against Willingham that was given to Perry at 11:30 a.m. on the day of Willingham’s 2004 execution in the fire deaths of his three daughters. Anti-death penalty advocates say modern fire forensics show the blaze cannot be proven as
Texas Monthly Video of Interview with Ernest Willis Talking about Todd Willingham: “I believe Texas killed an innocent man.”
Texas Monthly’s Michael Hall has a video interview with Ernest Willis, an innocent man who was sentenced to death in Texas for setting an arson fire that was later determined to have been an accidental fire. Ernest was released in 2004, just eight months after Todd Willingham was executed. A couple of weeks after Ernest was released Texas Moratorium Network sent him $1,000 donated by our members who wanted to help him a little with some cash after his release, because the State of Texas on the day of his release gave him just $100, 10 days of medication. The
Los Angeles Times Editorial: likelihood remains that the real victim was Willingham
latimes.com Editorial October 23, 2009 The execution of Cameron Todd Willingham He died in Texas’ death chamber in 2001, even though the governor was aware of exculpatory evidence and is now apparently working to keep the truth from coming out. Even in Texas, where the death penalty is embraced with fervor, the revelation that the governor permitted an execution to proceed in 2001 despite abundant evidence that the prosecution was based on seriously flawed scientific methods — well, that might not be helpful to his reelection chances. Not during a tough campaign. So Gov. Rick Perry’s sudden decision to reconfigure
Controversy Builds in Texas Over an Execution – New York Times
Controversy Builds in Texas Over an Execution – New York Times By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. Published: October 19, 2009 HOUSTON — Questions about whether Gov. Rick Perry allowed the execution of a man some arson experts say may have been innocent, and then hindered an investigation into the evidence, continue to reverberate across Texas, where issues surrounding capital punishment have rarely stirred such controversy. Lana Harris/Associated Press A case for which Gov. Rick Perry is under criticism helped lead former Gov. Mark White, shown in 1984, to a new death penalty view. Related Judge Delays Another Ohio Execution (October 20,
10th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty Saturday Oct 24 in Austin
The10th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty” will be held in Austin on October 24, 2009. The march and rally will include the delivery of a petition with thousands of signatures urging Governor Rick Perry and the State of Texas to acknowledge that the fire in the Cameron Todd Willingham case was not arson, therefore no crime was committed and on February 17, 2004 Texas executed an innocent man. The petition also urges Perry to suspend executions and appoint a balanced and independent commission to examine all aspects of the Texas death penalty system to determine what went wrong