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Shouting from the Rooftops
In 2006, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that there has not been "a single case - not one - in which it is clear that a person was executed for a crime he did not commit. If such an event had occurred in recent years, we would not have to hunt for it; the innocent's name would be shouted from the rooftops."
Click here to visit Witness to Innocence to learn how you can bring a death row survivor such as those in this video to your community.
Now, the story of Cameron Todd Willingham has garnered even more national attention, thanks to a recent article, "Trial by Fire," published in the September 7th edition of the New Yorker. The reporter, David Grann, lays out the powerful story of Willingham's conviction and execution, and demonstrates beyond a shadow of a doubt what we have known all along: That Cameron Todd Willingham was innocent, and he was executed.
As Justice Scalia asked, we are now SHOUTING FROM THE ROOFTOPS that this man was innocent. But we need your help to get the message out.
Here are seven things you can do:
Read the New Yorker article on Cameron Todd Willingham. You can also read other reports and media accounts of the Willingham case at the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty's website, or read a recent piece in Newsweek titled, "Innocent Until Executed."
Tell your friends about Willingham's innocence by sending them an e-mail.
Learn how to make a video in which you "shout from the rooftops" that an innocent person has been executed.
The ACLU of Northern California has unveiled a new YouTube video taken from California's ongoing death penalty study commission hearings. The video tells the story of Aundre Herron, a former prosecutor who lost her older brother to murder in 1994. At first Herron wanted revenge; now she speaks out against the death penalty.
