TX Man Exonerated After 25 Years In Prison

[Hobbes]

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273 convicted criminals exonerated by the Innocence Project so far.

Makes a person wonder.

 

[KOPBET]

Too bad the Innocence Project didn't get to Cameron Todd Willingham before Rick Perry did.

 

[LightningCrash]

Too bad the Innocence Project didn't get to Cameron Todd Willingham before Rick Perry did.

surprisingly, some people will argue that was the right thing.

 

[KOPBET]

surprisingly, some people will argue that was the right thing.

Rick Perry certainly did.

 

[Hobbes]

Too bad the Innocence Project didn't get to Cameron Todd Willingham before Rick Perry did.

The disturbing aspect of the execution of Willingham is not just that he was probably innocent, it's that there was probably not even a crime committed.

 

[dennishoddy]

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273 convicted criminals exonerated by the Innocence Project so far.

Makes a person wonder.

You need to read "an innocent man" by John Grishm, to understand how the justice system in Oklahoma works.

 

[Grendel]

The Innocence Project has accused the prosecutor who originally handled the case, Ken Anderson, of deliberately concealing non-DNA evidence that likely would have helped Morton avoid being convicted in the first place. Anderson, who is now a district judge in Williamson County, has not responded to repeated requests for comment made through his court administrator.

Morrison said the defense is working with Bradley's office to investigate allegations of prosecutorial wrongdoing, and will continue to do so over the next month. Among the evidence the Innocence Project says Anderson kept from Morton's defense lawyers were statements Christine Morton's mother made to police, in which she said her grandson told her he watched his mother get killed and that it wasn't his father who killed her.

This is such a heart warming story.

 

[Dave70968]

See, this is what's wrong with all you death-penalty abolitionists. If we'd just executed him within two weeks of his trial, this never would have happened!

 

[1fast8]

I am not sure if the death penalty detures crime but i am SURE it cuts down repeat offenders

 

[RickN]

You need to read "an innocent man" by John Grishm, to understand how the justice system in Oklahoma works.

There is no such thing as the justice system in the US, it is a legal system. For the lawyers, by the lawyers.