Todd Willingham - Innocent and Executed (Nightline Sept 17, 2009 Part 2 of 2)

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Sign the petition to 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.

Aired Sept 17, 2009

Shout this name from the rooftops, Todd Willingham. He was innocent and Texas killed him. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in 2006, wrote that, in the modern judicial system there has not been a single casenot onein which it is clear that a person was executed for a crime he did not commit. If such an event had occurred in recent years, we would not have to hunt for it; the innocents name would be shouted from the rooftops.

Todd Willingham was executed for arson/murder on February 17, 2004. He professed his innocence from his arrest until he was strapped down on the execution gurney. Now, we know for certain that he was telling the truth. On August 25, 2009, Dr Craig Beyler, the investigator hired by the Texas Forensic Science Commission to review the Willingham case, released his report in which he found that a finding of arson could not be sustained by a scientific analysis. He concluded that the fire in the Willingham case was accidental and not arson. In fact, there was no arson, so there was no crime. Texas executed an innocent person. The proven execution of an innocent person should mean the end of the death penalty in the United States.

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[Th3Minx]

Scumbag judge: "I don't think it's a good possibility that Todd Willingham told the truth to anybody about anything. He was one of the most completely manipulative individuals you could ever hope to find"

PROJECTION!

Oily smirk and all.

Anyhow, what's up with the "beyond reasonable doubt", does he even understand what that means? How can this scumbag not be disbarred? >:(

[slaskis]

... sorry not worse, killing someone is the worst thing you can do. But bad enough.

They judged him based on first impression, not real evidence. Sometimes first impression is correct, but many, many times it's absolutely wrong. And if you sentence someone based on that you will end upp with a whole lot of people being innocent. Keep emotions and your own beliefs out of the courtroom.

I wonder how many innocents USA have killed... and how can someone talk about morality and accept that...

[pullzdatrigga]

Dirty son of a bitch thinks its funny to play god and send an innocent man to the death chamber, he should be drawn and quartered

[jemlund]

yeah good luck on this one and Mr. Perry admiting he did worn cause he'll just resort to the bible where it says an eye-to-an-eye stuff.

[whattheheck1000]

A happy executioner is a bad executioner.

October 14, 2011 11:19 pm

[NiceFellow43]

The prosecutor is a complete scumbag. 

[neuroza]

The true is that we will never know if the men was innocent or guilty... And because of that he didn't need to be executed.

[debifeb]

this guy is worst then burke n h

sweet jesus how did he get on the bench well considering bush perry

and the rest of the johnson bunch

[whatsgoingon07]

rick perry for president!! NOT

[bilaczenko]

Adendum Re: Cameron's innocence , In Australia we play VFL football differently , it is always a penalty to play the man and not the ball, Grid iron football in the US is the opposite, playing the man, As seen in the above video The prosecutor Mr Johnson is playing the man. RIP

[bilaczenko]

Cameron Todd Willingham a father did not set fire and kill his vunerable children, even though he did nothing to lift his familiy out of poverty The prosecutor Dan Johnson did as it is common, using this tradegy and Cameron as steeping stone to further his personal carerr .

[thenekom]

"Based on old wives tales." "That's not to say that they aren't correct, though." WTF is this, because whatever it is, it isn't logic. Sometimes I don't want to live on this planet anymore.