Texas executed an innocent man ... IMHO ... for a crime that wasn't committed.
Read David Grann's TRIAL BY FIRE in September 7's THE NEW YORKER magazine
Dr. Gerald Hurst, an acclaimed scientist and fire investigator, concluded:
"... based on the evidence, he had little doubt that it was an accidental fire—one caused most likely by the space heater or faulty electrical wiring. It explained why there had never been a motive for the crime. Hurst concluded that there was no evidence of arson, and that a man who had already lost his three children and spent twelve years in jail was about to be executed based on 'junk science.'"
That man, Cameron Todd Willingham, was in fact executed for the crime that didn't happen, and for sure he didn't commit.
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