Cameron Todd Willingham: Selected Media Coverage
July 2010
CNN: Texas state board says arson investigators used flawed science (7/26/10)
Houston Chronicle: Science Defeats DA 8-0 (7/26/10)
Houston Chronicle: Panel Cites ‘Flawed Science’ in Arson Case (7/26/10)
Austin American-Statesman: Commission: No negligence or misconduct by investigators in fatal fire (7/26/10)
Houston Chronicle: Dousing a Troublesome Arson Probe (7/22/10)
Houston Chronicle Op-Ed by Barry Scheck and Patricia Cox: Forensic Panel Must Resist Panel’s Efforts at Sabotage (7/20/10)
Houston Chronicle: Forensic Panel must Resist Chair’s Efforts at Sabotage (7/20/10)
May 2010
Houston Chronicle: Let’s Have a Cheer for Small Victories (5/25/10)
April 2010
Texas Tribune: Agency Needs More Time for Willingham Case (4/26/10)
Texas Tribune: Willingham Investigation Still in Its “Infancy” (4/23/10)
Texas Tribune: Lawmakers Grill Forensic Science Commission (4/8/10)
The Dallas Morning News: Editorial: Forensic Panels Should Meet in Public (4/27/10)
The Dallas Morning News: Texas Forensics Panel to Move Ahead with Probe of Willingham Arson Case (4/24/10)
The Dallas Morning News: Texas Forensic Science Commission Faces Scrutiny Today in Arson Case with Questionable Science (4/23/10)
The Dallas Morning News: No More Foot-Dragging in Willingham Case.
The Dallas Morning News: Lawmakers Challenge Forensic Science Commission Chairman’s Priorities (4/8/10)
Houston Chronicle: No Fire Under Commission Investigating Arson Case (4/13/10)
February 2010
Houston Chronicle Column by Rick Casey: A Win for Bradley, and Another Loss (2/2/10)
Austin American-Statesman Editorial: Forensic Panel Slow to Embark on Mission (2/1/10)
January 2010
Rick Casey in the Houston Chronicle: The Revolt of the Scientists (01/31/10)
Associated Press: Texas Panel Meets, Skips Talk of Willingham Case (01/29/10)
Austin Chronicle: The Junk Science Conundrum (1/22/10)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Texas Forensic Science Commission Releases Details About Allegations of Critical Lapses at Crime Labs (1/12/10)
December 2009
Houston Chronicle Column by Rick Casey: Can Email Be Saved by Deleting It? (12/01/09)
November 2009
Waco Tribune: Local Fire Investigators Confident in Arson Training Techniques and Welcome Scrutiny (11/29/09)
Texas Observer: Fire and Innocence (11/27/09)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Editorial: Chairman of Texas Forensic Science Panel Oversteps his Authority (11/26/09)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: New Forensic Commission Email Policy Goes in ‘Wrong Direction,’ Lawmaker Says (11/20/09)
Houston Chronicle Editorial: CSI: Texas (11/17/09)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Editorial: Texans Too Quiet About Their State’s Broken Justice System (11/15/09)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Editorial: Commission Should Work in Public (11/13/09)Houston Chronicle Column by Rick Casey: Don’t Pick a Lawyer to Do Science (11/12/09)
Dallas Morning News: Former Chair Says Overhaul Could Delay Commission’s Work by Years (11/12/09)
CNN: Texas Execution Probe Won’t be ‘Hijacked,’ Chairman Says (11/10/09)
Talking Points Memo: Perry Appointee in No Rush to Wade into Willingham Case (11/10/09)
CNN: Texas Resists Family’s Effort to Clear Executed Man’s Name (11/07/09)
October 2009
Fort-Worth Star-Telegram Op-Ed: Willingham: So Many Questions That Refuse to Go Away, by Eugenia Willingham (10/30/09)
Houston Chronicle Op-Ed: Willingham Review Could Improve Forensic Science Analysis, by Innocence Project Co-Director Barry Scheck and Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis (10/30/09)
Texas Tribune / Texas Weekly: Exit Notices for Some, but Not for All (10/26/09)
Texas Monthly: Video Interview with Former Texas Death Row Prisoner Ernest Willis
Houston Chronicle: Freed Death Row Inmate Calls on Perry to Halt Executions (10/26/09)
Anderson Cooper 360, CNN: Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man? (10/23/09)
Los Angeles Times: Cameron Todd Willingham: Executed but Innocent? (10/23/09)
New York Times: Controversy Builds in Texas Over an Execution (10/19/09)
Chicago Tribune: Statements by Gov. Rick Perry and Others Don’t Align with Facts (10/19/09)
Houston Chronicle: Review Death Penalty Law, Ex-Governor Urges (10/18/09)
Austin American-Statesman: Opportunities Missed in Fatal Texas Arson Case (10/18/09)
The Economist: Did Texas Kill an Innocent Man? (10/13/09)
Austin American-Statesman: Forensic Panel Members Urged Perry Against Shakeup (10/07/09)
Dallas Morning News: Inquiry Into Flawed Arson Case that Led to Execution on Hold (10/7/09)
TIME Magazine: Why Did Texas Gut Its Forensics Commission? (10/6/09)
Houston Chronicle Column: Is Perry Pulling a Nixon?, by Lisa Falkenberg (10/02/09)
Dallas Morning News: Perry Removes Panel Appointees Before Hearing on Flawed Arson Inquiry; New Chair Delays Session (10/1/09)
September 2009
ABC News - Nightline: The Wrongful Execution of Cameron Todd Willingham (9/17/09)
Newsweek: Innocent Until Executed, by Dahlia Lithwick (9/14/09)
MSNBC Morning Joe: David Grann discusses his New Yorker Article (9/9/09)
New Yorker: Trial by Fire (9/7/09)
New Yorker Video: Flashover (9/7/09)
New Yorker Readers Chat with Reporter David Grann (9/7/09)
Chicago Tribune: Photo Slideshow
National Public Radio All Things Considered: Texas May Have Executed an Innocent Man (9/2/09)
Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial: The Risk in Getting it Wrong (9/2/09)
Houston Chronicle Editorial: Up In Smoke (9/1/09)
August 2009
Huffington Post: Innocent, But Executed, by Barry Scheck (8/31/09)
Houston Chronicle Column: Arson Probe May Be Catalyst For Reform, by Allan Turner (8/31/09)
New York Times Column: Innocent but Dead, by Bob Herbert (8/31/09)
New York Times Editorial: Questions About an Execution (8/30/09)