Excellent Article - Trial by Fire - David Grann - Looks like Texas may have executed innocent man

[HardWorkingDem]

This is an excellent article by David Grann of the New Yorker.

Very sad story and if what happened is true, there are some Texas bureaucrats that should be dealt with.

Shameful.


Here's the link to it..


http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/07/090907fa_fact_grann

It's a very lengthy article.

[FreakinDJ]

1. Read it last night - What a backwards place Texas is

must be the effects of Bush's faithbased leadership

“The only reasonable conclusion is that the governor’s office and the Board of Pardons and Paroles ignored scientific evidence.”

.Just before Willingham received the lethal injection, he was asked if he had any last words. He said, “The only statement I want to make is that I am an innocent man convicted of a crime I did not commit. I have been persecuted for twelve years for something I did not do. From God’s dust I came and to dust I will return, so the Earth shall become my throne.”

[HardWorkingDem]

2. If you like Grann's writing, here's another good piece (a different one sort of)...

Here's another link to a Grann piece from the New Yorker. It's on the Aryan Brotherhood. I like this man's writing.

http://www.kellyaward.com/mk_award_popup/pdf/grann.pdf