During the alternative spring break we will have a screening of a 17-minute film about the controversy surrounding the execution of Todd Willingham and how Rick Perry recently shook-up the Texas Forensic Science Commission by replacing the chair in October 2009 two days before the commission was scheduled to discuss a report casting doubt on the scientific validity of the arson evidence used to convict Willingham, leading many to suspect that Texas executed an innocent person. The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Joshua Riehl (photo below) and Liz Gilbert, a friend of Todd Willingham who played a key role in first finding fire expert Dr Gerald Hurst and asking him to analyze the forensic evidence used to convict Williingham.

The screening is scheduled for Thursday, March 18, at 2:30 PM. We will be at the Texas Capitol that day, so we will have the screening in one of the rooms in the capitol complex.