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5 Oct 2010, 1:29 pm by Kent Scheidegger
Steven Kreytak reports in the Austin American-Statesman, "Navarro County District Attorney Lowell Thompson has filed a motion asking for Judge Charlie Baird's recusal from tomorrow's planned court inquiry into the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in 2004 for the arson deaths of his three young daughters. [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 9:16 am by Kent Scheidegger
Lowell Thompson did not have standing to seek Baird's recusal in an inquiry into whether Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in 2004. [read post]
1 Mar 2014, 3:06 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Lowell Thompson, made the files available to the Innocence Project lawyers, and in late November one of the lawyers, Bryce Benjet, received a box of photocopies.As he worked through the stack of papers, he saw a note scrawled on the inside of the district attorney’s file folder stating that Mr. [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 9:30 am by Steve Hall
Lowell Thompson, whose office successfully prosecuted Cameron Todd Willingham in 1992, asked Baird to remove himself and questioned his impartiality. [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 12:29 pm by Steve Hall
Lowell Thompson, whose office successfully prosecuted Cameron Todd Willingham in 1992, had asked Baird to remove himself and questioned his impartiality.Baird says he was persuaded by attorneys for Willingham's surviving relatives to allow hearing to continue. [read post]
5 Oct 2010, 1:25 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Apparently not everybody is as revved up for Flawed Forensic Science Week as I am here at Grits, and some would like to put a stop to one of its featured events.In a motion filed late yesterday, Navarro County DA Lowell Thompson asked Judge Charlie Baird to recuse himself from the probable cause hearing for a Court of Inquiry scheduled to begin tomorrow in the Todd Willingham case, reports Steve Kreytak at the Austin Statesman:Navarro County District Attorney Lowell… [read post]
6 Oct 2010, 7:38 am by Steve Hall
Lowell Thompson filed a motion late Monday asking that Baird recuse himself from Wednesday's hearing. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 2:10 pm
By Stephen Saloom, Innocence Project Policy DirectorLast week the Corsicana Sun reported that the Texas County and District Attorney Association (TCDAA) had awarded its annual Lone Star Award to Navarro County District Attorney Lowell Thompson for his work preventing a Texas Court of Inquiry into the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was convicted in 1992 and executed in 2004 for setting a fire that killed his three children, despite strong evidence that the fire was accidental.… [read post]
3 Oct 2011, 1:31 pm by Kent Scheidegger
  Now, Janet Jacobs reports in the Corsicana Daily Sun, "Lowell Thompson, Navarro County District Attorney, was honored by his peers at the Texas District and County Attorneys Association conference last week in Corpus Christi with the Lone Star Award for his work on the Willingham case. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 9:59 pm by David M. McLain
John Wagener, with Palace Construction, and Ron McOmber, PE, with CTL/Thompson. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 8:14 am by Steve Hall
Lowell Thompson had sought to recuse Baird, who he said he believed couldn't be objective on the matter (because he had received an award from an anti-death penalty group, or alternately, because he'd once ruled in favor of upholding Willingham's death sentence while Baird was serving as a justice on the Court of Criminal Appeals). [read post]
22 Dec 2010, 10:12 am by Michael Lowe
Lowell Thompson were sound – and Thompson was arguing that Judge Baird should not have presided over the investigation into whether or not Cameron Todd Willingham was wrongfully executed because (1) Baird is a known opponent of the death penalty and (2) an apparent conflict with his previous ruling in 1995, where Judge Baird as a member of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals voted to uphold Willingham’s conviction. [read post]
14 Nov 2006, 4:06 am
In addition, Richard Gere and his wife, actress Carey Lowell will be reading prison writings. [read post]
16 Jun 2023, 8:37 am by Lubin and Meyer
Thompson obtained a jury verdict against a Whidden Hospital ER physician for failure to advise follow-up on a CT scan finding which resulted in death due to lung cancer. [read post]
22 Dec 2010, 7:47 am by Steve Hall
Lowell Thompson, whose office prosecuted Willingham, accused Baird of bias and asked him to recuse himself. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 7:43 am by Steve Hall
Lowell Thompson questions Baird's impartiality and contends that the Baird is not following proper procedure in convening the inquiry.Baird also read a letter from Caren Burbach, general counsel to Gov. [read post]
6 Oct 2010, 8:57 am by Kent Scheidegger
Navarro County District Attorney Lowell Thompson filed a motion Monday asking that Baird recuse himself from the case due to his involvement in a prior appeal, and the judge's connections with an anti-death penalty organization. [read post]