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Sum it up! #1

January 7, 2011 By Alice

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…

Sum it Up! #40

March 25, 2013 By Alice

…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…

Sum it up! #36

February 1, 2012 By Alice

…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

March 28, 2015 By Alice

…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…

Happy New Year!

January 1, 2011 By Alice

…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! #3

January 22, 2011 By Alice

…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…

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On March 31, 2016, an evidentiary hearing was held to request touch DNA testing. On July 18, 2016, Judge Whitehead denied that request.

On November 23, 2016, an appeal was filed with the Florida Supreme Court. On April 21, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court denied the request for touch DNA analysis.

On May 8, 2017 a motion for a rehearing with the US Supreme Court was filed. It was denied November 13, 2017.

In the summer of 2019, the appeal for DNA testing to the Florida Conviction Integrity Unit was denied.