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4. Willingham was not a nice guy, no one disputes that.

Reply to DreamSmoker (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2015, 02:55 PM

May 2015

He was notorious for abusing his wife.

But abusing one's wife is *NOT* grounds for execution.

PBS' "Frontline" did a documentary on this case, and they interviewed people who claimed Willingham "deserved" to be executed, according to these "Kill 'em all, let god sort 'em out" butchers, "To hell with science and fake testimony, this guy killed his kids!"

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