I'm scared by the real life capital punishment system. As of this week, 139 individuals have been exonerated after being sentenced to die -- and some came terrifyingly close to execution.
David A. Love | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics
Cameron Todd Willingham is now a free man, but unfortunately it took death to release him from the confines of his prison bars.
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
Carl Sagan famously said that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. The claim that killing prisoners acts as a deterrent or keeps police safe is indeed extraordinary.
The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
Texas Governor Rick Perry insisted again on Wednesday that the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham was appropriate and that Texas did not, contrary t...
Rob Fishman | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media
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?
Rachel Farris | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
As the case against Cameron Todd Willingham, executed in 2004, sinks like a rock, the truth has started to float to the top and the rats are streaming out from all sides, led by none other than Texas Governor Rick Perry.
AP | JEFF CARLTON | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics
DALLAS — A report concluding a faulty investigation led to a Texas man's execution won't be reviewed by a state board as planned Friday after Go...
Diann Rust-Tierney | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics
Attention has re-focused on the case of one of the four innocent and executed, Cameron Todd Willingham. His story was recently highlighted in a chilling and compelling New Yorker article.
Amy Bach | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics
As the Willingham case demonstrates, there's a certain kind of behavioral reaction by people who work in courts -- prosecutors especially -- that defends the system over all contrary evidence.
Rachel Farris | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
Since when do conservatives care about anyone dying? The most disturbing example is Cameron Todd Willingham, was sentenced to death after refusing a plea-bargain for life in prison in Texas.
John Maki | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago
Even when there is compelling evidence of actual innocence, it can be almost impossible to shake a mistaken but firmly held belief in a convicted person's guilt.
Byron Williams | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
Since it is impossible to avoid error, the only way one can support the death penalty is to suggest that we have expendable portions of society.
Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
Huffington Post blogger Barry Scheck, of the Innocence Project, weighs in on the new evidence revealed by an investigative report in the New Yorker on...
Barry Scheck | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
Whether our criminal justice system has executed an innocent man should no longer be an open question. Cameron Todd Willingham's case proves that.
Cyrus Vance | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics
Victims of crime deserve justice. Those who commit crimes must be held accountable for their actions. But just as we prosecute, we also must safeguard the rights of the innocent.
Diann Rust-Tierney | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics
Many forensic methods such as hair samples and blood spatters, are often mishandled by poorly trained technicians. Thousands of people convicted on the basis of such evidence may actually be innocent.
Diann Rust-Tierney | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics