Political meddling and apathy in Willingham case has me despondent. A Texas state board said last Friday that arson investigators in the Willingham case used flawed science but were not…
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The 2004 Willingham execution
Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in 2004 for a fire that killed his three daughters. Prosecutors argued that Willingham deliberately set the 1991 blaze — but three reviews of the…
Willingham court of inquiry postponed until Oct 14, 2010
…determine whether Cameron Todd Willingham was wrongfully executed by the state of Texas for the deaths of his three daughters. The motion raised the possibility that the two-day hearing could…
Arson Case Not on Agenda
…Commission will meet on Friday January 29, but the controversial case of Cameron Todd Willingham is not on the agenda. New commission chair John Bradley said he wants to focus…
Sum it up! #1
The biggest issue for me for this Sum it Up! are the Cameron Todd Willingham hearings. The 3rd Court of Appeals, an Austin based appellate court, ruled last Tuesday that…
Update 1989 Hina Murders
…follow if you are interested in forensic arson detection: Cameron Todd Willingham and Daniel Dougherty. Thank you for sharing! Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Click to…
#CCLiveChat recap Feb 10, 2012
In this CCLiveChat, Andrew Wade who introduced us to fire investigations. Andrew is a world renowned forensic scientist with over 30 years experience as a practitioner. He joined the Metropolitan…
“The petition warrants a hearing,” Judge Baird
…Willingham hailed the Austin district judge’s decision last Monday to open a two-day court of inquiry next month. He will determine whether Willingham was wrongfully convicted and executed in the…
Prep #cclivechat with Andrew Wade
…on the floor that facilitated the fire) in many cases I miss an explanation. In the Willingham case, some of the patterns that were believed to be (accelerant) pour patterns…
Sum it up! #3
…Governor Quinn’s desk. No word as of yet whether the Governor will sign it. False accusations in the Willingham case will not be retracted yet. “The Texas Forensic Science Commission…
Sum it Up! #40
…on fire. As with Willingham, the assumption was that the fire that broke out was intentional e.g. arson. But now, with modern technology and a better understanding of flashover, it…
Happy New Year!
…the cases of Cameron Todd Willingham and Hank Skinner. But most eagerly, I await the DNA hearing in the case of William Thomas Zeigler. Right before Christmas, we finally got…
Sum it up! #36
…Talking about forensic arson detection, as you know the Texas Fire Marshall Paul Maldonado, who defended the agency’s work in the Cameron Todd Willingham arson investigation, resigned in December, 2011….
Case of the Month: Forensic arson detection
…unsuccessful appeals, Willingham’s last hope was executive clemency by then-Governor Perry. Perry received the Willingham defense report with the new scientific analysis but denied clemency. Willingham was executed for an…