I have not seen the documentary “Incendiary.” I have posted about the story behind it a number of times in my blogs and in a YouTube video. For the events alone that took place I said that Gov. Rick Perry should not and would not be elected President of the United States.
“(CNN) -- Throughout "Incendiary," a new award-winning documentary, filmmakers pose a tough question with potentially huge consequences: Was a man wrongfully executed because of outdated arson investigation methods?
The movie surrounds the 2004 Texas execution of Cameron Todd Willingham after his murder conviction in the house fire deaths of his three young children.
Directed by Joe Bailey Jr. and Steve Mims, it goes behind closed doors to visually document how Gov. Rick Perry and the Texas Forensic Science Commission handled the case.
It also examines a broader question: How accurate are criminal arson investigations? The filmmakers say it's a question crucial to the convictions of hundreds if not thousands of prison inmates nationwide.
Bailey, a 29-year-old law school graduate and first-time filmmaker, told CNN the documentary was inspired by a New Yorker article by David Grann and just took off from there. It starkly illustrates how officials review death penalty cases, Bailey said, and American society's complicated relationship with science…”
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