Commentary: Pursuing injustice in Texas (Myrtle Beach Sun News)

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By Isaac Bailey

If you haven't heard, a major crime was committed five years ago.

Texas executed an innocent man. His name was Cameron Todd Willingham ...

But before he was to be executed, attorneys asked for a three-day delay to allow a court to examine new evidence by a real arson expert that showed "there is not a single item of physical evidence in this case which supports a finding of arson." All of the evidence was bogus. Still, Gov. Rick Perry refused to grant a stay of execution. A host of other top-notch arson investigators have since come to the same conclusion: There was no arson - and therefore, no murders.

No reasonable person looking at the new evidence would consider Willingham anything but innocent. Perry's decision seems anything but reasonable. There was no evidence of arson. None ...

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