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Month: October 2011

Willingham Inquiry Ends at Forensic Science Commission: Innocence Claims Bolstered by Invalid Science Finding

Willingham inquiry ends, but effects linger By Chuck Lindell AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 A state investigation into the science used to convict and execute Cameron Todd Willingham came to a quiet close Friday, but its results might echo across the justice system and the nation’s death penalty debate for years to come. Making final changes to its report on the Willingham case, the Texas Forensic Science Commission signed off on a document acknowledging that unreliable fire science played a role in the Corsicana man’s conviction for the murder-by-arson deaths of his three young daughters in 1991. HeContinue readingWillingham Inquiry Ends at Forensic Science Commission: Innocence Claims Bolstered by Invalid Science Finding