Watch the documentary “Death by Fire” on air and online beginning Tuesday, October 19th at 9 pm on PBS (check local listings) and at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/death-by-fire. You can also hold a viewing party with your friends to watch together. Contact Texas Moratorium Network for some ideas on organizing a viewing party (512-961-6389). Check local listings to see what time “Death by Fire” airs on Frontline in your city on October 19 to watch the new documentary about the Todd Willingham case. You can watch in the comfort of your own home.  Watch the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sLr67kctoQ You could invite friends over to watchContinue readingHost a Viewing Party and Watch World Premiere of Documentary about Todd Willingham “Death by Fire” Oct 19

October 6-7 — Judge Charlie Baird to convene a Court of Inquiry in case of Cameron Todd Willingham to determine if Texas wrongfully convicted and executed an innocent person. Before October 8 — The three-judge all-Republican review panel is expected to announce its decision in appeal of Judge Sharon Keller, who was given a “Public Warning” by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Various possible outcomes include dismissal of the finding by the SCJC; allowing Keller to appeal again at a full hearing of all the evidence; or sending the case back to the SCJC for it to reconsider itsContinue readingHere Are Some Important Upcoming Dates Concerning the Texas Death Penalty

From the Los Angeles Times: A state district judge will hold a hearing next week to determine whether Texas wrongfully executed a man in 2004 for the arson murders of his three young daughters. Not one of the more than 1,200 U.S. executions that have taken place since a judicial ban was lifted in 1976 has been declared wrongful by a judge, so the hearing into the case of Cameron Todd Willingham will be keenly watched. The case could be politically explosive because Willingham was put to death under the watch of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a tough-on-crime Republican whoContinue readingJudge sets hearing on 2004 Texas execution of Todd Willingham

From the Dallas Morning News Editorial Board, October 1, 2010. The questions surrounding the Cameron Todd Willingham case have become a constant drumbeat in Texas’ death penalty discussion. The underlying unknown: Did Texas err when it executed Willingham? The case of a man who was put to death for arson murder of his three daughters has become the state’s most discussed, most studied and most maligned capital murder case. But despite an array of efforts to re-examine the questionable science that sent Willingham to his death, no legal determination has been made on whether he was wrongfully convicted. That’s whatContinue readingDallas Morning News: Willingham hearing imperfect but important