The fire moved quickly through the house, a one-story wood-frame structure in a working-class neighborhood of Corsicana, in northeast Texas. Flames spread along the walls, bursting through doorways, blistering paint and tiles and furniture. Smoke pressed against the ceiling, then banked downward, seeping into each room and . . . Full Story »
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A devastating piece of journalism. Grann is a skillful story teller who engages the reader in the very same false narrative that failed Willingham, and perhaps many others on death row. Recommended read.
Very well written article covering different pieces of the case which effectively makes a strong argument for the abolition of the death penalty.
I heard a description of this on NPR today; this is a very detailed and disturbing story about a seemingly needless death.
The police began to piece together a disturbing profile of Willingham. Born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, in 1968, he had been abandoned by his mother when he was a baby. His ... More »
This story has to be read to understand how an innocent man has been put to death. In addition it is an excellent piece of narrative journalism by David Grann
I have been suspect of the justice system because of my own personal experience. To me that this is another sorry incident that there are many holes ... More »
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