Texas: 50th in education, first in executions

This is the face of a man wrongly executed by Texas: Cameron Todd Willingham was convicted of setting fire to his own house and killing this three children, all under the age of three, while his wife was away. In Feb 2004, he was executed for this crime.

Only problem, was that the fire was accidental, as he had maintained all along. The Innocence Project determined that the deputy fire marshall who testified from the forensice evidence, that Willingham had deliberately set the fire, was wrong and depending on old and bad science. What was worse was that this testimony was refuted by an acknowldged arson expert who presented his finding before Willingham's execution but was ignored by Gov Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Texas: 50th in education, first in executions... how's that working for you? is a line from a campaign to unseat the governor.

Texas and Bad Science...why am I not surprised!