Rick Perry doesn't care he killed an innocent man.
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Cameron Todd Willingham was convicted in August 1992 for the murder of his three young children in a fire that was deemed an arson by investigators. While on death row, a frantic effort to prove his innocence resulted in a full report which questioned the scientific legitimacy of the evidence used to convict Willingham. That report made its way to Gov. Perry's office ahead of the zero hour, but it was all for nought -- no stay of execution was granted in order to consider the new findings.
Willingham was executed by lethal injection on Feb. 17, 2004. Yet the efforts to exonerate Willingham only intensified, and in 2005, the Texas Forensic Science Commission decided to re-examine the case. The commission hired a nationally known fire scientist, Craig Beyler, to evaluate the evidence, and in his report, he came down on the same side as the scientists who had evaluated the case prior to Willingham's execution: there was no credible scientific basis for the conclusion that arson had been committed.
Beyler was eventually scheduled to testify before the commission on Oct. 2, 2009. Two days before Beyler's appearance, however, Rick Perry put a stop to it.
Now... You gotta wonder... Why is such a cocky man so scared of a few checks and balances?
I think it's pretty clear that Rick Perry doesn't care how many innocent people he helps kill... so long as he can smile for the camera. Which, of course, will look great when he lands on an aircraft carrier in front of a "mission accomplished" banner.
The country is doomed. It really is.
Willingham was executed by lethal injection on Feb. 17, 2004. Yet the efforts to exonerate Willingham only intensified, and in 2005, the Texas Forensic Science Commission decided to re-examine the case. The commission hired a nationally known fire scientist, Craig Beyler, to evaluate the evidence, and in his report, he came down on the same side as the scientists who had evaluated the case prior to Willingham's execution: there was no credible scientific basis for the conclusion that arson had been committed.
Beyler was eventually scheduled to testify before the commission on Oct. 2, 2009. Two days before Beyler's appearance, however, Rick Perry put a stop to it.
Now... You gotta wonder... Why is such a cocky man so scared of a few checks and balances?
I think it's pretty clear that Rick Perry doesn't care how many innocent people he helps kill... so long as he can smile for the camera. Which, of course, will look great when he lands on an aircraft carrier in front of a "mission accomplished" banner.
The country is doomed. It really is.
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Yeah, it sure seems like it at times, but only if someone like Perry gets elected and at this point I still think that's highly unlikely.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Dispicable.
So all governors of Texas look alike to you?
for the least they could possibly do
The last two are pretty hard to tell apart.
One's a bit stupider than the other one.
It would be an interesting debate. A democrat arguing for military action abroad versus a republican arguing against it. weird.