Justice for an executed man delayed

[Kermit]

no one said it was perfect, but there are safeguards to make sure this doesn't happen. luckily, none of the memphis three have been executed yet. this guy wasn't so lucky. instead of trying to own it and make sure it doesn't happen again, perry has tried to sweep it under the rug in an attempt to make it go away and it's coming back to bite him in the ass. his only saving grace is that his opponent probably would've done the same thing and she's keeping her mouth shut for the most part.

[PM5K]

Todd Willingham's wife never testified during the trial. She did testify during the penalty phase on his behalf.

She had also believed in his innocence almost up until he was executed, and as his last wish he'd asked her to spread his ashes over the graves of his children, which she denied him, she also would not testify to the Clemency Board on his behalf so his feelings towards her and pretty understandable, but her feelings after having been told her husband was guilty for over a decade are pretty understandable, you have to just accept what you can't change so you can move on.

Appeals don't look at new evidence, they simply make sure that procedures were followed at trial, so saying this case had been appealed many times isn't saying much.

The only place accelerant was found was near the front door, where three or four bottles of lighter fluid were placed that were used for cooking.