Comments on: Leading Off (10/15/09) http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2009/10/15/leading-off-101509/ FrontBurner® has been called the best blog in Dallas (repeatedly), a snarky celebration of ignorance, and a daily conversation about Dallas among the editors of D Magazine. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Heather http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2009/10/15/leading-off-101509/comment-page-1/#comment-71418 Heather Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:23:08 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=27156#comment-71418 Doug - Huh, I thought due process included more than just trial, jury and judge. It also includes the reviews that occur after a trial. Case in point, the DNA releases occurring in Dallas county. New technology made it possible to scrutinize the Willingham forensics. We can't decide what information is relevant - it all has to be relevant for our system to work. Doug – Huh, I thought due process included more than just trial, jury and judge. It also includes the reviews that occur after a trial. Case in point, the DNA releases occurring in Dallas county.

New technology made it possible to scrutinize the Willingham forensics. We can’t decide what information is relevant – it all has to be relevant for our system to work.

]]> By: Tom http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2009/10/15/leading-off-101509/comment-page-1/#comment-71414 Tom Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:57:50 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=27156#comment-71414 I'll take execution for no Perry re-election, Alex. I’ll take execution for no Perry re-election, Alex.

]]> By: Doug http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2009/10/15/leading-off-101509/comment-page-1/#comment-71410 Doug Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:36:52 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=27156#comment-71410 Huh, you know, i thought there was this whole thing with a trial, a jury and a judge. I didn't realize Rick Perry had replaced all that and convicted this guy all by himself. Thanks for letting us know D! Huh, you know, i thought there was this whole thing with a trial, a jury and a judge. I didn’t realize Rick Perry had replaced all that and convicted this guy all by himself. Thanks for letting us know D!

]]> By: Amy http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2009/10/15/leading-off-101509/comment-page-1/#comment-71399 Amy Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:44:11 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=27156#comment-71399 Read Jessica Mitford's The American Way of Death and you'll realize the necessity of a course. Most people are unfortunately unaware of the games funeral "homes" play and wind up thousands of dollars in debt for funerals. Come to think of it, Mitford would have been all over Rick Perry and his cronies, too. Read Jessica Mitford’s The American Way of Death and you’ll realize the necessity of a course. Most people are unfortunately unaware of the games funeral “homes” play and wind up thousands of dollars in debt for funerals. Come to think of it, Mitford would have been all over Rick Perry and his cronies, too.

]]> By: Jim Gardner http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2009/10/15/leading-off-101509/comment-page-1/#comment-71396 Jim Gardner Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:20:43 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=27156#comment-71396 The latter, friend. The latter scares you the most. The latter, friend. The latter scares you the most.

]]> By: sarah http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2009/10/15/leading-off-101509/comment-page-1/#comment-71394 sarah Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:15:16 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=27156#comment-71394 Whoa. Stop the presses. There's a college course on funeral planning? an entire COURSE? That's almost as scary as Rick Perry standing by the decision to execute Willingham, in spite of all that science and voodoo. Or maybe just the science. Whoa. Stop the presses. There’s a college course on funeral planning? an entire COURSE? That’s almost as scary as Rick Perry standing by the decision to execute Willingham, in spite of all that science and voodoo. Or maybe just the science.

]]> By: Rachel http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2009/10/15/leading-off-101509/comment-page-1/#comment-71393 Rachel Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:00:50 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=27156#comment-71393 The Willingham execution is more than I can stand to think about this morning. How such egregiously false evidence made it all the way through the appeals process without being overturned, ugh, it scares me and it turns my stomach. The Willingham execution is more than I can stand to think about this morning. How such egregiously false evidence made it all the way through the appeals process without being overturned, ugh, it scares me and it turns my stomach.

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