Texas Poll on Kinky as a Dem, abolishing death penalty
You know how Kinky Friedman is thinking of running for Texas governor again in 2010, but this time as a Democrat (should he win the primary nomination)? Well, a new poll by Wilson Research Strategies...
View ArticleTexas Death Penalty Before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ordered a halt to an impending execution in Texas, having accepted on cert review a case involving a prisoner challenging how lethal injection is implemented in the state. Texas...
View ArticleChina Death Penalty Unfair, Arbitrary
Boy, if you think we have problems with the death penalty in our country, you should be glad that at least this isn’t China.
View ArticleSaturday Morning Reading
A few things of interest this morning: 1. Did you know that Georgia still has segregated proms? Separate but equal you know, except not really. I think the quickest way to fix this would be for the...
View Article"Outdated Theories and Folklore" Led to Execution of Innocent Man
A fire-scientist hired by the Texas Forensic Science Commission has concluded that Texas fire investigators were grossly mistaken in concluding that Cameron Todd Wilingham likely set the fire that led...
View Article"I have been persecuted for twelve years for something I did not do."
Last week I linked to a Chicago Tribune piece, which detailed the results of investigation conducted by a fire scientist hired by the Texas Forensic Science Commission who concluded that Cameron Todd...
View ArticleGov. Perry Stalls Willingham Inquiry
You may recall the case of Cameron Willingham, whose was wrongfully executed for the murder of his own children in a fire in 1991. The fire scientist hired by the Texas Forensic Commission whose report...
View ArticlePerry’s Bad Behavior on the Willingham Case
I honestly don’t understand what Gov. Perry is up to. He couldn’t do more to bring attention to the Willingham controversy than with his own actions in the case. Here, the recently deposed chairman of...
View ArticleFire Expert Defends Self From Perry’s Accusations of Bias
Our idiot governor, doubling down on his claim that criticisms of the Willingham execution are politically motivated, put in his sights the arson expert whose report has touched off a storm of...
View ArticleFriday Outrages
1. Nicholas Kristof, on how Republican have been scare-mongering Americans into voting against their own interests for eighty years now. History has proven them wrong, every single time. 2. Perhaps you...
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