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Pros And Cons For Mr Wilingham
I don’t feel like I know enough to decide if Mr. Wilingham is an innocent man, but I don’t think a prison informant should be allowed to testify in any court case. I wouldn’t consider a prison informant a reliable source of information and plus people with more power can use it to their advantage and coerce the informant into doing something corrupt. They shouldn’t have gone ahead with the execution based on all the current finds. I don’t feel like Mr. Willingham received a fair trial especially when the investigators weren’t even adequately trained arson experts. This case should definitely have an impact on the legal status of the death penalty, whereas if there are so many discrepancies in a case they shouldn’t be allowed to move forward
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