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Cameron Todd Willingham

Cameron Todd Willingham

In Law & Disorder, we chronicled the story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas in 2004 for the arson murder of his three young daughters in Corsicana, Texas in 1991.

Willingham, known as Todd, seemed like a pretty reprehensible character. Not only did he kill his children in a painful and cowardly way, he also may have abused his wife Stacy, and drank and ran around. Governor Rick Perry publicly proclaimed him “a monster.”

The only problem is, Todd didn’t commit the crime. In fact, no one committed the crime, because there was no crime. And last week, the story got even worse.

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More Stupid Educator Tricks

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Firearm Look-Alike

“Firearm Look-Alike”

As much as we support law and order, we’ve always believed that the one-size-fits-all approach of Zero Tolerance makes no sense. But now it’s being carried to really dumb extremes.

Consider, if you will, the case of Nathan Entingh, a ten-year-old fifth grader in the Columbus, Ohio, school system. He was suspended for making a gun shape with his fingers in science class, pointing them at a friend and saying, “Boom.”

Come on, folks! When are we going to stop being stupid about things like this?

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More Stupid State Legislator Tricks

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George State Representative Sam Moore

Georgia State Representative Sam Moore

This past Saturday, newly elected Georgia Republican State Representative Sam Moore gathered at the Simply Southern Restaurant in Cherokee County to apologize to about 60 constituents for his first act as a legislator:

He had introduced a bill to allow registered sex offenders to hang around anywhere they wanted to, including schools.

“I want to hopefully put aside some of your fears that I’m some hot head that goes running around and doing things,” Moore told his followers. “One of my goals today is to say, ‘Look I’m not as bad as I have been made out to be’.”

Not as bad? Maybe. Not as stupid? We’ll have to reserve judgment.

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Justice From The Twilight Zone

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Rod Serling

Rod Serling

If there was one subject that preoccupied Rod Serling, the late creator of The Twilight Zone, it was justice – legal justice, social justice, personal justice, cosmic justice. Rod was my friend, mentor and role model during the last ten years of his all too short life and much of what I became as a writer and as a person is due to his influence. For my entire professional career, I have had a copy of the photo at left, signed to me, hanging on my office wall for inspiration.

Now, all of Serling’s published work is being reissued in a uniform edition in trade paperback and digital form, as a joint venture between Rod Serling Books and CreateSpace Publishing. I am honored that I was asked to write the introduction to one of those books, The Season to be Wary, and here’s why it is an important part of the great man’s oeuvre.

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Patterns

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“… or heterosexual trade only"

… or “Heterosexual Trade Only”

UPDATE: On February 26, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the bill that would have legalized discrimination for “religious reasons.”

In criminal investigation we look for patterns. Whether we’re dealing with serial crimes, past behavior, proximity of crime scenes to each other or any number of other factors, patterns give us a bigger and more comprehensive understanding than any single fact or event.

And on the public policy scene, we are seeing a pattern emerging that threatens to send us back to the bad old days of intolerance and hate.

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