In Case You Had Any Doubts . . .
. . . why Rick Perry replaced those members of the Texas Forensics Commission, this ought to put them to rest.
As I’ve written before, the problem here isn’t necessarily that Perry presided over the execution of an innocent man. There wasn’t much he could have done to stop it. The death penalty also isn’t really an issue that much affects a U.S. president. Federal executions are pretty rare.
The problem is that since doubts have been raised about the Willingham case, Perry has done everything in his power to prevent anyone from knowing the truth about what happened. His instinct here has been and is to cover all of this up and to silence critics, and all while professing an unyielding faith that when it comes to executions, the state of Texas always gets it right, all the time
And now… the rest of the story. …..
Harold
