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Sam Bassett Responds To Halt Of Investigation: 'It Is A Sad Day For Criminal Justice In Texas'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.09.2011

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In the long saga of the Cameron Todd Willingham case, which we've detailed here, comes another disappointing turn. Per the Houston Chronicle: A sta...

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Gay Community's Rosa Parks Faces Death, Impoverished and Alone

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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I know dementia. My father and grandmother both died with it. But they had both resources and families to protect them - and neither were living cul...

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Trial by Firefight

Rob Fishman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Fishman

It's clear that Cameron Todd Willingham was (mis)tried by a kangaroo court, but will justice be better served by the media zoo that's ensued?

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Gov. Rick Perry: Cameron Todd Willingham "Was A Monster"

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Texas Governor Rick Perry insisted again on Wednesday that the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham was appropriate and that Texas did not, contrary t...

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