Mon Aug 31, 2009 at 11:42:07 AM EDT
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| It's been floating around the liberal blogs for some time now, but last night was the first time I really paid attention to the tragic case of Cameron Todd Willingham. It's always been obvious that some innocents must have been executed somewhere, but as Jeralyn Merritt says, "Texas now has the dishonor, in addition to being the state that executes the most people, of being the first state we know of that has executed an innocent person." The best article on the case is this one in the New Yorker. The bottom line is that Willingham was murdered by the government due to bad forensic analysis and a jailhouse snitch. At best, it was a "mistake."
It's a good reminder that New Jersey was right to end the death penalty just two years ago, and we should serve as a model to other states. However the election turns out, Governor Jon Corzine can be proud of that. |
| Hopeful :: The Death Penalty is a Mistake |
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