The whole system has broken down. It's time to find out whether Texas has executed an innocent man.
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There's something wrong with the system. It's time to find out whether Texas executed an innocent man.Barry Scheck
It's unusual to have a number of groups responding so quickly just for an application. I think that it reflects how troubled the legal community is by the county court's decision.
Barry Scheck
This should be a landmark case in the history of eyewitness reform. There are reforms police and prosecutors are using across the country that reduce error, protect the innocent and help apprehend the guilty.
Barry Scheck
There's two cases here. Willis can't be actually innocent and Willingham couldn't be executed based on the same scientific evidence.
Barry Scheck
This is a case where the wrong man went to prison and the real person committed some awful crimes, all because of the utter incompetence of the HPD crime lab. This is the face of the crime-lab debacle. This is the human damage.
Barry Scheck
Crime labs should be an independent force within the criminal-justice system, not beholden to the prosecutor or the defense,
Barry Scheck
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