tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post4575989022990875578..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Willingham, Cacy arson inquiries up ante on junk science debateGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-67575145222052209602010-09-30T01:55:23.950-05:002010-09-30T01:55:23.950-05:00Bradley spends much of his time at the courthouse ...Bradley spends much of his time at the courthouse on the computer commenting on various news articles on crime and justice in Texas. He post under various names, using misleading information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68975898942495443062010-09-29T07:38:06.035-05:002010-09-29T07:38:06.035-05:0010:03, many facts have been discredited. Facts suc...10:03, many facts have been discredited. Facts such as his confession to his ex, which her brother says he made, but she says he didn't. And multiple accounts of how it could have happened, which were his attempts at saying that he didn't do it, but maybe it was this, or maybe it was that. Of course, using the junk science of the day the investigators excluded those, and concluded he did it. My personal favorite is that many people say he beat his pregnant wife to try to induce a miscarriage. Even the wife said that didn't happen, but it keeps being tossed around as a "fact" again and again. <br /><br />It's all completely bullshit. He was convicted with junk science that a pathetic defense attorney didn't fight, and rumors. That's it. <br /><br />Interesting story in Corsicana's paper today. The jailhouse snitch, who is still in jail in Navarro County, will testify in Austin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49428902695125439702010-09-28T22:03:52.916-05:002010-09-28T22:03:52.916-05:00I am very interested in the Willingham case. Outs...I am very interested in the Willingham case. Outside of the new scientific studies, it appears Willingham himself did not help his cause. I have heard many "facts" (accounts) that lead me to believe Willingham was probably guilty even though the science wasn't very reliableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-4321980849271630792010-09-28T21:37:29.893-05:002010-09-28T21:37:29.893-05:00I don't know what Lowell Thompson, the Navarro...I don't know what Lowell Thompson, the Navarro Co. DA, will have to say about this. The Corsicana city attorney, a shill for the city and fire department, already wrote a nonsensical response to the IPOT's inquiries restating the junk science that has already been widely discredited with a slight twist here and there.<br /><br />Lowell's a smart guy--smarter than Bradley, the former DA, and even Willingham's own defense lawyer combined, and I would be very surprised of he parroted what the above have said time and time again even in the face of insurmountable evidence of it being flawed. I think he will do the best he can, which is to argue that the science may have been flawed but the folks investigating did the job they knew how to do at the time.<br /><br />Then my fellow Navarro County hillbillies may just run his ass out of office next time he's up for election. <br /><br />Good luck Lowell. Do the right thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-13288854192449351282010-09-28T21:17:21.445-05:002010-09-28T21:17:21.445-05:00Are you kidding me? Bradley is a self righteous l...Are you kidding me? Bradley is a self righteous liar and bully. His tactics work in WilCo just ask those who work with him. His day is coming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-20225202383734711272010-09-28T20:56:53.281-05:002010-09-28T20:56:53.281-05:00Of course Bradley would attack Judge Baird and Att...Of course Bradley would attack Judge Baird and Attorney Scheck. Bradley is repulsed by integrity. It goes against everything he stands for.Doing my Dutynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58045526809917726082010-09-28T20:51:15.651-05:002010-09-28T20:51:15.651-05:00I know we can't trust dogs, but...
Feds want ...I know we can't trust dogs, but...<br /><br />Feds want more bomb-sniffing dogs to protect travelers<br /><br />By Tom Fontaine, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW<br />Monday, July 12, 2010 <br /><br />The Transportation Security Administration wants to increase the role dogs play in sniffing out terror threats at U.S. airports and other mass transit systems.<br /><br />The TSA requested $71 million from Congress to train and deploy 275 explosives detection canine teams -- bomb dogs and their handlers -- at transportation facilities. The agency has 700 teams, including five at Pittsburgh International Airport.<br /><br />"The teams have proven to be a very reliable, effective and flexible layer of security," said TSA spokeswoman Ann Davis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-79931591240505438752010-09-28T18:06:37.833-05:002010-09-28T18:06:37.833-05:00Kind of funny that John Bradley, who was hand-pick...Kind of funny that John Bradley, who was hand-picked by Governor Rick Perry as a conservative -rabidly pro-death penalty Texas prosecutor to delay and impede the investigation into whether Texas used flawed junk science cooked up by professionally ingnorant fire investigators to execute an innocent person, is now using the word "handpicked" to criticize others.<br /><br /><br />"Judge Baird has been handpicked as a liberal judge who is willing to accept a case over which he has no jurisdiction to provide a well-timed political statement for anti-death penalty advocates," Bradley said in an e-mail. "This move by a liberal New York lawyer is consistent with his disregard for the rule of law and the disrespect he has shown for the rulings of numerous state and federal courts that have already reviewed the case and upheld the guilt of Willingham."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-26721543474063408412010-09-28T16:45:44.315-05:002010-09-28T16:45:44.315-05:00Very little forensics work in court relies on the ...Very little forensics work in court relies on the actual scientific method, which requires control samples. If there had to be four visually similar samples submitted for every test, and it was only confirmed if the real sample tested positive and others did not, then our system would be much more robust.<br /><br />That's my problem with roadside drug tests. As near as I can tell, they are designed to turn blue when they contact any sort of powder.Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270536870200063563noreply@blogger.com