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Willingham not on science panel agenda
DALLAS (AP) — A state science panel looking into a possible wrongful conviction in a Texas death penalty case is meeting for the first time since Gov. Rick Perry removed several members, but the execution case is not on the agenda.
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(12-14-09) Tarrant County medical examiner appointed to forensic commission
Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Tarrant County's medical examiner to the Texas Forensic Science Commission, a group shaken up this fall when Perry replaced several members.
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(12-02-09) Jurors defend verdict that led to Texas execution
David Martin is sickened by the suggestion that Texas executed an innocent man when Cameron Todd Willingham was put to death for setting a fire that killed his three children.
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(11-10-09) Forensic panel chair offers plans
The Texas Forensic Science Commission is not going to debate the death penalty or decide the guilt or innocence of individual cases, said John Bradley
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(11-08-09) GUEST COMMENTARY: A work in progress
I am John Bradley, the elected District Attorney in Williamson County and the new presiding officer of the nine-member Texas Forensic Science Commission. I am writing to introduce myself, explain the purpose of the Commission and inform you about the work the Commission now faces.
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(10-27-09) Texas Forensic Science Commission questioned
The City of Corsicana is questioning the Texas Forensic Science Commission’s ability to look at the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, since it happened 14 years before the commission was created.
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(10-26-09) Report: Willingham's former wife, 'He confessed'
In a story on the <i>Fort Worth Star-Telegram's</i> online newspaper today, Stacey Kykendall, the former wife of executed Cameron Todd Willingham, says he confessed to her before his execution.
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Death penalty opponents rally at Texas Capitol
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Death penalty opponents, convinced an innocent man was executed in 2004, staged a rally Saturday at the Texas Capitol to call for a moratorium on capital punishment and to highlight the controversial case of Cameron Todd Willingham.
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(10-24-09) Report: Willingham at center of anti-death penalty march Saturday
In a story on its online newspaper, the <i>Waco Tribune-Herald</i> reports the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham will be at the center of a rally Saturday in Austin. waco attorney Walter Reaves Jr. was Willingham's attorney during his final appeals.
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(10-20-09) Ex-governor White urges rethink of death penalty
Former Texas Gov. Mark White said he believes it's time that the state reconsider its use of capital punishment because — among other reasons — the risk of putting innocent people to death is too great.
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