mvscal wrote:You're confusing opinions with facts.
The issue here is whose opinion carries more weight. Is it the two different departments who actually examined the scene and concluded the fire was arson
based on analysis techniques that the state admitted were wrong
or people with a questionable agenda
beyler had a questionable agenda? fuck dude,
The state of Texas hired him to reexamine the evidence, what was this questionable agenda he was carrying? as for project innocence how is trying to prevent the execution of people that don't deserve it a "questionable agenda"?
who show up ten years later and examine paperwork and photos? You will note that the newcomers cannot rule out arson as a cause and fail to offer any alternative explanation of the origins of the fire.
you didn't read the chicago tribune story nor the project innocence report did you? there were clear cut and precise alternate explanations for every assertion made by the original investigators using the techniques that the state of Texas admitted were in error.....
On a further note, the governor of Texas does not have the authority to commute death sentences or issue pardons without the consent of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
the governor has the power to grant a one-time thirty-day reprieve of execution in capital cases based on
new evidence....
nine experts on fires examined the SAME evidence the original investigators used and said the analysis of the original investigators used outdated methodologies which led to questionable conclusions...that's
NEW EVIDENCE...yet Perry deemed the conclusions of the two investigators and the testimony of a witness that recanted his testimony not once, but twice, was sufficient reason to put this guy to death.....