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Debate because the briefs prepared by his attorneys have been held as confidential. and the houston chronicle has sued for their disclosure under the freedom of information act. governor perrys office has refused to disclose any of those documents. so we really dont know how closely he scrutinized the report. >> but we do know willingham was executed and that the governor could have stopped the execution. >> he could have asked for 30 day so is that that information could be circulated to other ...

Probable cause for arson today. if they were to find that evidence in a fire today, we would not be able to call it arrean arson fire. there would not be a trial at all all. >> steve, did we have access to any of this before he was executed? could this execution have been avoided? >> yes, it could have been. >> what did we have and why was it not avoided? >> the fire scientists in austin wrote a report and in that report, he went over all the indications of arson and found they werent accurate. ...

Punishment phase. he was also somebody performed him a truck in corsicana and i found that unusual. >> as you began to reconsider the forensic evidence, what did your panel conclude about this case? >> we hired an independent expert, craig biler who is one of the leading fire scientists in the united states to conduct his own investigation and review of the record and the evidence. the forensic science commission hired an independent expert because we didnt want to rely on the expert opinions pr...