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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2725242" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>Texas Bar Charges Willingham Prosecutor with Misconduct</p><p>March 18, 2015 </p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.pbs.org_wgbh_pages_frontline_art_omar_600_2021699071426707659.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Theres been yet another blow to the case against Cameron Todd Willingham, the Texas man who was executed in 2004 for setting a fire that killed his three young daughters at their home.</p><p></p><p>This month, the State Bar of Texas formally accused the lead prosecutor of misconduct after an investigation requested by the Innocence Project. The filing, first reported by The Marshall Project, said that John H. Jackson knew about evidence that bolstered the case for Willinghams innocence and kept it from his attorney.</p><p></p><p>Before, during and after the 1992 trial, [Jackson] knew of the existence of evidence that tended to negate the guilt of Willingham and failed to disclose that evidence to defense counsel, the bar said.</p><p></p><p>Specifically, the bar said that Jackson kept quiet about a deal he struck with his star witness: a prisoner named Johnny Webb, who testified that Willingham told him he had started the fire. Up until his death, Willingham had always maintained his innocence.</p><p></p><p>Webb recanted his statements about Willingham in 2000 and again last year, saying that Jackson encouraged him to lie on the stand in exchange for a shorter sentence and a prison transfer. Webb, who was facing a long sentence for robbery, said the prosecutor had convinced him that Willingham was guilty. He took the deal. As The Washington Post and The Marshall Project reported:</p><p></p><p> Your story doesnt have to match exactly, Webb said Jackson told him. He says, I want you to just say he put fires in the corners. I need you to be able to say that so we can convict him, otherwise were going to have a murderer running our streets.</p><p></p><p> In fact, Webb said, Willingham never told me nothing.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/criminal-justice/death-by-fire/texas-bar-charges-willingham-prosecutor-with-misconduct/" target="_blank">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/criminal-justice/death-by-fire/texas-bar-charges-willingham-prosecutor-with-misconduct/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2725242, member: 7629"] Texas Bar Charges Willingham Prosecutor with Misconduct March 18, 2015 [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.pbs.org_wgbh_pages_frontline_art_omar_600_2021699071426707659.jpg[/IMG] Theres been yet another blow to the case against Cameron Todd Willingham, the Texas man who was executed in 2004 for setting a fire that killed his three young daughters at their home. This month, the State Bar of Texas formally accused the lead prosecutor of misconduct after an investigation requested by the Innocence Project. The filing, first reported by The Marshall Project, said that John H. Jackson knew about evidence that bolstered the case for Willinghams innocence and kept it from his attorney. Before, during and after the 1992 trial, [Jackson] knew of the existence of evidence that tended to negate the guilt of Willingham and failed to disclose that evidence to defense counsel, the bar said. Specifically, the bar said that Jackson kept quiet about a deal he struck with his star witness: a prisoner named Johnny Webb, who testified that Willingham told him he had started the fire. Up until his death, Willingham had always maintained his innocence. Webb recanted his statements about Willingham in 2000 and again last year, saying that Jackson encouraged him to lie on the stand in exchange for a shorter sentence and a prison transfer. Webb, who was facing a long sentence for robbery, said the prosecutor had convinced him that Willingham was guilty. He took the deal. As The Washington Post and The Marshall Project reported: Your story doesnt have to match exactly, Webb said Jackson told him. He says, I want you to just say he put fires in the corners. I need you to be able to say that so we can convict him, otherwise were going to have a murderer running our streets. In fact, Webb said, Willingham never told me nothing. [url]http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/criminal-justice/death-by-fire/texas-bar-charges-willingham-prosecutor-with-misconduct/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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