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Comment on Dear Rick Perry: We have not forgotten Todd Willingham and what you did by Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:40:41 +0000

Scott, I find your comment to be of the same umimaginative and irrelevant idiocy as Perry’s. Not excusing Willingham’s past behaviour but we all make mistakes. He was at least honest and decent enough to own up to them which is more anyone can say for a certain Mr Perry isn’t it? The point is he was ultimately executed for arson, not for anything else, so tn judge him on other past misdemeanours to which be had already acknowledged and aologised for in any event does not answer the question as to whether or not he was guilty of the crime to
which he would be condemned. With regard to his outburst at his wife, if he was angry with her for lying to the Authorities, could you honestly say you would not have been angry after spending 12 years of your life on DR not to mention losing all your children in a fire and
being condemned by the state?! I don’t agree that he was a coward either. He opted to forgo the chance to acquire a life sentence. That doesn’t sound like an unrepentant killer to be but a man who wanted to do the right thing regardless of the consequences. Ultimately, he should never have been found guilty never mind sentenced to death. The basic test of guilt is “beyond reasonable doubt” – clearly with such faulty evidence, that was not the case! And, how on earth could such evidence be even deemed admissible?! Rick Perry should hang his
head in shame – no price he can ever pay will atone for this. RIP Todd and may his family one day find peace x

Comment on Dear Rick Perry: We have not forgotten Todd Willingham and what you did by Trinnie

Trinnie — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:46:43 +0000

What a desperately sad story. A man loses his children to a fire 2 days before Christmas is then convicted of killing them spends 12 years on death row labelled a babykiller and is then executed.. Without a shred of any real evidence to prove that he was responsible for their deaths or any motive to kill. RIP Todd.

Comment on Dear Rick Perry: We have not forgotten Todd Willingham and what you did by Jillian Cooke

Jillian Cooke — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:48:37 +0000

“seems far away from innocent” is exactly the issue at hand. How can we kill someone for what they seem to be? And who determines how someone seems to be? What I think a good parent is or a good person is can be very different from someone else. Tod Willingham seemed poor, uneducated & a mean person. Did he seem to be a killer? I wonder looking at the photos of their tattered little house how different this story would of been if that house was made of brick & was surrounded by a manicured yard & if the mother would of been shopping at Macy’s & not a thrift store & if the father had an MBA and no tattoos. Wonder is that would of seemed more fitting of the word accident. The problem with judgement is nobody is immune to it. This guy was judged by the neighbors, the cops, the fire chief & even his wife. He seemed to be a monster. He seemed to be someone that was capable of killing his children. “Seemed” has no place in a justice system as flawed as the one we so blindly uphold. We can not sit in judgement of another man’s life until we are free of judgement our self. God forgive Texas & elect anyone other than Perry.

Comment on Dear Rick Perry: We have not forgotten Todd Willingham and what you did by lauren

lauren — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:09:53 +0000

After viewing the frontline story and seeing first hand gov perry’s
reaction, as a republican I still would not vote for him even
though i found Todd to be a bastard and a coward.Governer Perry is a murderer!!!!!

Comment on Dear Rick Perry: We have not forgotten Todd Willingham and what you did by Charlie P

Charlie P — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:51:50 +0000

Scott, you need to finish grade school, the word is ‘whether’, not ‘Weather’. Duh! I would love to debate Rick Perry on this matter! He knows the commission he appointed has found that there was no evidence the fire was the result of arson. Rather than doing the right thing, he does nothing and murders an innocent man. He then fires three members of the committee he appointed and replaced them with political hacks. Like you, he tries to somehow make the fact he cursed his ex-wife for telling a terrible lie as somehow justifying this guy being killed when he was guilty of nothing. Perry is the one with blood on his hands, not Willingham.

Comment on “Total idiots” in Corsicana Strike Back at Scientific Reports that Todd Willingham Fire Was Not Arson by Charlie P

Charlie P — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:40:19 +0000

Is agitator as stupid as he sounds? For a murder to have happened, someone would have had to have started that house fire through arson. At least seven of the most respected and knowledgeable fire investigators in the country have unanimously stated there is absolutely nothing in photos and films of the fire scene, or any evidence presented at the trial, that suggested the fire was the result of arson. Not one leading fire expert has stated they believe there was evidence of arson. I’ve never come across an earthworm who has a lower IQ than you.

Comment on John Bradley Loses Support in Texas Senate for Confirmation to Forensic Science Commission by Upstanding Citizen

Upstanding Citizen — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:40:07 +0000

This man is a criminal and a fake. He constantly lies about everycase he has to do with in the state of Texas, especially in Williamson county. Forcing families through hell thes telling the rest of the world it was his job, I will move out of this county, and maybe even the state if he remains in power of any sort. He has screwed up too many times, and a candidate for te next presidency put him in power, seems like we have more than one person in office we should rethink.

Comment on Rick Perry Running for President With Record of Wrongful Execution of Todd Willingham by kathy ellis

kathy ellis — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:42:01 +0000

Rick Perry the unmerciful killer of the innocent…
… with a seared conscience and heart closed to the cries of the innocent, weak and oppressed…

Lord please save us from another Texan in the Presidency…

Rick Perry….very…very…very…SCARY!!!!!

Comment on Elizabeth Gilbert Speaking About Todd Willingham at 2011 Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break by kathy ellis

kathy ellis — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:36:47 +0000

Save us from another Texas president.
Rick Perry….very scary.
Good work trying to get Texas to have justice.

Comment on 2006 Letter from Family of Todd Willingham to Texas Governor Rick Perry by kathy ellis

kathy ellis — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:30:12 +0000

Rick Perry the unmerciful should not be dog catcher much less president.

Please God save this country from another Texan president.

Rick Perry…Scary??..Very!!!!