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21 Oct 2010, 8:26 am by Steve Hall
But equally important is the issue of junk science, which is endemic in Texas courts, according to Jeff Blackburn, chief counsel to the Innocence Project of Texas. [read post]
4 Oct 2010, 7:54 am by Steve Hall
"  It's by Jeff Blackburn, Gary Udashen, and Cory Session. [read post]
25 Feb 2022, 9:39 am by Kevin Schmidt
Senators Marsha Blackburn, Roy Blunt, Shelley Moore Capito, Ted Cruz, Deb Fischer, Ron Johnson, Mike Lee, Cynthia Lummis, Jerry Moran, Dan Sullivan, John Thune, Roger Wicker, and Todd Young have also cosponsored the bill.Read more here. [read post]
30 Jul 2012, 1:39 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas' new state fire marshal, Chris Connealy, told the Forensic Science Commission on Friday that he will use recommendations in the commission's report on the Todd Willingham arson investigation as a blueprint for reforming the agency, and even "go beyond" them. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 5:38 am by SHG
There was Todd Cameron Willingham, whose innocence is now widely acknowledged. [read post]
11 Jan 2013, 12:35 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
“The law in this area is complicated and generally terrible, but the facts of Ed Graf’s case are not,” Blackburn said. [read post]
11 May 2008, 1:51 am
My recent conversation about arson cases with Innocence Project of Texas director Jeff Blackburn left me more interested in the issue of how and why people are wrongly convicted of arson based on faulty forensic science, and how many innocent people may be implicated.As it turns out, in 2006 Barry Scheck's Innocence Project in New York sponsored a formal peer review of expert testimony in two Texas arson cases - Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed for capital murder, and… [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 8:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
At that time, Texas was being widely criticized for executing Cameron Todd Willingham. [read post]
3 Oct 2010, 4:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Cameron Todd Willingham case, in which discredited arson science was used to get a conviction, is only one of many examples of the use of this kind of evidence.Just last year, the Innocence Project of Texas exposed the work of Keith Pikett, a Fort Bend County Sheriff's deputy who made use of "dog-scent lineups" to link suspects to evidence retrieved from crime scenes. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 10:40 am
The family of Cameron Todd Willingham is seeking a Court of Inquiry in Travis County, Texas, to repair Willingham's reputation based on evidence showing that he was wrongfully convicted and executed. [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 10:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Scheck was also one of the attorneys on the Timothy Cole case, along with Innocence Project of Texas legal director Jeff Blackburn. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 9:36 am by Steve Hall
“We’re way past the talking stage, and we’re in the doing stage,” Blackburn said. [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 7:59 am by Steve Hall
That arson finding helped convict the girls' father, Cameron Todd Willingham, of murder. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 7:25 am by Steve Hall
  Complete coverage of the Willingham case is in the Todd Willingham index. [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 12:16 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
(The Todd Willingham case, having already been vetted by numerous experts including an extensive report [pdf] from the Forensic Science Commission, was not among the nine reviewed by the fire marshal.)Those numbers are lower than some experts predicted when the review began. [read post]
24 Aug 2009, 10:11 am
Todd Hunter (R – Corpus Christi) for their work in getting a journalist shield law — the Free Flow of Information Act — passed in the last legislative session. [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 7:29 am by Steve Hall
  All Willingham coverage is available through the Todd Willingham category index. [read post]