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camerontoddwillingham.com KDAF-TV WACO, TX - Walter Reaves won't forget the flood of feelings that came over him when Texas executed Cameron Todd Willingham five years ago "It was just a range of emotions, but I was mostly just mad". Willingham was put to death for setting a fire that killed his three young daughters. The Waco attorney represented Willingham in his final appeals, where he says he got to know the convicted killer. Reaves says Willingham didn't seem like the type who would ...

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stopexecutions.blogspot.com Call Governor Perry at 512 463 1782 or by sending him an email through his websiteto stop the execution of Khristian Oliver by issuing a 30-day stay of execution. You can explain that you are not seeking to excuse violent crime or to downplay the suffering caused to its victims, but that you think jurors unfairly sentenced him to death based on scripture and not solely on the Laws of the State of Texas, as they were required under Texas law and the US Constitution ...

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camerontoddwillingham.com Some exonerated inmates are asking Governor Rick Perry to declare a moratorium on executions in the state. They presented him with a petition with nearly 6000 names asking for an independent commission to study the state's death penalty process. They point to the case of Cameron Willingham, who was executed in 2004. He was convicted of setting his house on fire and killing his three children. But, now forensics experts are questioning the evidence used against him ...

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camerontoddwillingham.com GRAPEVINE, TEXAS - Governor Rick Perry said despite a lawsuit filed by The Houston Chronicle, he has no plans to release the clemency report related to the execution of Todd Willingham. Perry said during a campaign stop in Grapevine, that his decision is based on "the rule of law" and that the report is a privileged document. Willingham was put to death five years ago for setting his house on fire with his three children inside. Perry's office received a fax just 88 ...

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marchforabolition.org Minister Robert Mohammad a the 10th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty

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marchforabolition.org 10th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty

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Reginald Blanton was executed on October 27, 2009. Reginalds case was riddled with injustice. He was convicted of killing his best friend Carlos Garza over jewelry. The evidence against him is of two witnesses, his brother and his brothers then pregnant girlfriend. Both have said they were threatened by the police with being charged with the crime, and both had recanted their statements by the time of trial. He was convicted by an all white jury as a result of jury shuffles to exclude ...

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texasmoratorium.org October 27, 2009 News for Austin, Texas KVUE Death penalty opponents Tuesday called for a moratorium on the death penalty in Texas, as the state prepared to execute another inmate. October 27th, 2009 kvue's Martin Bartlett reports Reginald Blanton was executed Tuesday evening. A San Antonio jury convicted Blanton of murder in 2001. Eight years and several appeals later the Texas Department of Criminal Justice was ready to execute him. Shujaa Graham spent more than a ...

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10th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty Oct 24, 2009 Austin, Texas Jeff Blackburn handles criminal defense and civil rights cases throughout Texas. He also represents the wrongfully convicted. In 2009, he handled the case of Timothy Cole and obtained the first posthumous DNA exoneration in Texas history. He also represented 38 people falsely convicted in the infamous Tulia drug sting, eventually obtaining full pardons and civil damages. He is the founder of and chief counsel to the ...

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