A New Look!
As you are most likely noticing, Dog Canyon is sporting a new look. As Dog Canyon has grown and changed over the past year, our audience has grown as has our pack of writers. To better reflect the diverse content you will find on Dog Canyon, we have changed its format. You can now find multiple articles featured on Dog Canyon on the home page. We hope it inspires you to do some hunting through the more than 600 pieces and learn something new about the world.
As with most things online, change is the only constant. You can expect the site to continue to morph and change as we get used to our new skin and as we reflect the feedback we get from our audience.
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Cameron Todd Willingham Archive
New Forensic Agency Head Bradley: Best to Meet in Secret
By Glenn W. Smith | Posted on November 10, 2009 | 6 CommentsUPDATE — Speaking at the Senate Criminal Justice Committee meeting this morning, chairman John Whitmire told John Bradly his desire for secrecy would be rejected. Transparent, public oversight key to responsible governing, Whitmire says. After a few decades of covering government as a reporter, working...
Unequal Justice: Perry Admits Medina Role in Willingham Execution
By Glenn W. Smith | Posted on October 19, 2009 | 6 CommentsDavid Medina, Gov. Rick Perry’s general counsel when Perry denied a stay of execution to Cameron Todd Willingham, was later cleared of arson-related charges in the fire that destroyed his home. Medina is now on the Texas Supreme Court. His wife, Francisca, was cleared of...
Geese and Gander: When Is An Arson Expert Legit?
By Glenn W. Smith | Posted on October 15, 2009 | 5 CommentsGov. Rick Perry mocked arson experts who said the scientific evidence in the Cameron Todd Willingham case was flawed. Perry’s former general counsel, David Medina, and his wife Francisca have a different opinion of independent forensic experts, at least when it’s their skin that’s saved....
Whitmire to Call Senate Hearing on State Forensics Commission
By Glenn W. Smith | Posted on October 5, 2009 | 12 CommentsLittle noted in the coverage of Rick Perry’s obstruction of a state investigation into the execution of a man experts say was innocent was Sen. John Whitmire’s statement that he would call a hearing by the Senate Criminal Justice Committee he chairs to look into...
The Death Penalty as Political Gang Initiation
By Glenn W. Smith | Posted on October 4, 2009 | 5 CommentsIn America, capital punishment is a national gang initiation rite. Typically, an aspiring politician is accepted into our Crips-and-Bloods, two-party political arena only after declaring for the death penalty. Execution as gang initiation may have happened, but mostly it’s a recurring urban legend. Gang initiates...
Perry Terminates Board Members Investigating Execution
By Glenn W. Smith | Posted on October 1, 2009 | 16 CommentsGov. Rick Perry, like Pilate before him, washed his hands of any responsibility for the execution of a man experts say was innocent. And now Perry has fired three board members of the state agency investigating the controversial 2004 execution of Cameron Todd Willingham. If...