PUBLISHER'S VIEW: (EDITORIAL);
The Innocence Project has announced that it has discovered new evidence of possible prosecutorial misconduct which, if proven true, will indicate that a prosecutor deliberately took steps to secure false testimony which led inevitably to the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham, an innocent man. The call for a thorough investigation into this wrongful execution comes from the Innocence Project, a highly credible organization that does not make such allegations lightly. The Innocence Project is acting in concert with surviving relatives who have been consistently sought answers so that there will be no other Cameron Todd Willingham's - and with Michael Morton, who has personally experienced prosecutorial corruption in Texas on a scale similar to that alleged in the Willingham case. Now that the Innocence Project's disturbing allegations have been made public, there is no way to put them back into the bottle. Unless they are investigated in an open, public way, they will fester and eat away at public confidence in Texas's criminal justice system. Barry Scheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project, is asking members of the public to write the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Rick Perry and ask them to thoroughly investigate the wrongful execution of Cameron Todd Willingham. I am adding my voice to this call, and hope that the readers of this Blog will respond as well.
Harold Levy; Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog;
Petition:A petition to Texas Governor Rick Perry and to the State of Texas to acknowledge that the fire in the Cameron Todd Willingham case was not arson, therefore no crime was committed and on February 17, 2004, Texas wrongfully executed an innocent man can be signed at:
http://camerontoddwillingham.com/?page_id=6
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
Dear Reader. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog. We are following this case.
I have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses several thousand posts. The search box is located near the bottom of the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and myself get more out of the site.
The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.
Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com
