TX Gov. Perry Attacks (probably innocent) Executed Man As "Monster"

Defending Himself, Perry Attacks Executed Man As "Monster"
Zachary Roth | October 15, 2009, 11:03AM



Texas governor Rick Perry has defended his handling of a death penalty case that may have led to the execution of an innocent man -- and launched an extraordinary attack on the dead man himself.

The Chicago Tribune reports that Perry yesterday called Cameron Todd Wilingham a "monster," a "bad man," and "a guy who murdered his three children, who tried to beat his wife into an abortion so that she wouldn't have those kids."

Willingham was executed in 2004 for murdering his children via arson. Perry, as governor, signed off on the execution, despite evidence that the arson probe was flawed.
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