15 years - That is what happens when you let lawyers play with a murderer for 15 years. The lawyers play with his sentence until they get some addle-brained judges to do what has been done here. Why did this man sit there for 15 years when everyone knew he was guilty? The California Supreme Court is disgraceful!
Just finished reading the order exonerating and declaring Willingham to be actually innocent. Pretty remarkable that the judge accepted some blame for the execution because he was part of the appellate panel that denied Willingham a review.
The Washington State Supreme Court is at least as disgraceful. I’l be filing a civil rights and civil RICO lawsuit against many bad actors in the State of Washington, including current and prior governors, AGs, Washington State Patrol Chiefs, etc.