The very first Prick of the Week honor has been bestowed upon Texas Governor Rick Perry. Congratulations wanker! You are the epitome of prickhood and have made pricks worldwide proud of your outstanding and unmatched prickery. Your egregious dickishness is made evident in your limitless selfishness, unbound cowardice, and an almost admirable stubbornness. No one does it quite like you cockhead. Everybody has just about had it with you and your state, so why don't you fuck off with your deep-fried butter balls, your gun-loving, Bible-totin', holier-than-thou honkies, your mammoth egos, and go form your own fucking nation. Thank god you all are too stupid to know anything about nuclear physics. You dumb assholes can't even say "nukular."
For those of you unfamiliar with Cameron Todd Willingham, allow me to explain what happened to him because of outdated investigative tactics and the backwards Texas State "Justice" system.
A fire broke out and engulfed a family's home in Corsicana, Texas on December 21, 1991. At the time, Cameron Todd Willingham and his three daughters were occupying the house. Cameron was able to escape the blaze and call for help, but his two year old daughter and one year old twins were still inside, trapped in their room which quickly became enveloped in flames. The visibly distraught father of three attempted to go back into the house several times but was restrained by neighbors, and later fire fighters and police officers. Willingham was eventually so overcome with despair and rage that he had to be handcuffed for his own safety.
The ensuing investigation into the cause of the fire was done with a methodology that was flawed, outdated and was to be completely scrapped a few years afterward. Basically, the methods used to prove that the fire was arson were methods that could not really prove anything. Dr. Craig Beyler, hired by the Texas Forensic Science Commission to review the case many years later, said that the testimony from the fire marshal at Willingham's trial was "hardly consistent with a scientific mind-set and is more characteristic of mystics or psychics." The only other "solid evidence" presented in the case against Willingham was the testimony of a jail house snitch who was released early because of his testimony and was later found to be bipolar and unreliable. The prosecutor in this case, who has the lovely job of trying as hard as they can to ruin people's lives, carelessly hurled wildly untrue and unfounded accusations against Willingham's character.
In the years leading up to Willingham's execution, his appeals were repeatedly denied and evidence disproving the validity of the arson investigation was ignored by Gov. Perry and the Board of Pardons. He was murdered by the State of Texas on February 17, 2004, a mere eight months before another supposed arsonist was released from prison based on the flawed methodology of a fire investigation from 1986. In the five years since Willingham's execution, numerous voices have come out in support of his innocence. The Texas Forensic Science Commission was scheduled to discuss Dr. Beyler's report on October 2, 2009, but two days before the planned meeting, Gov. Perry fired the head of the commission and three other members, forcing a cancellation of the meeting which is to be put off until "further notice." Perry appointed John Bradley, a notoriously "tough on crime" DA, as the new head of the commission. The Governor of Texas still insists that Willingham was "a monster," and that there is "clear and compelling, overwhelming evidence that he was in fact the murderer of his children."
Have you no shame Prick Perry? Your recent comments about the case reek of regret and your decisions regarding the Forensic Science Commission smack of political desperation. I know that you're in Texas and all, and you have to maintain that "no mercy tough guy" image, but 200 executions in nine years? Really? And you can't even admit that you were wrong on at least ONE out of TWO-FUCKIN-HUNDRED?! You're afraid you're gonna get beat by a woman next year aren't you? You should be, Kay Bailey Hutchinson is a tough bitch, and I bet you're shaking like the coward that you are in your snake-skin cowboy boots. Or maybe you're afraid that this little incident might put a damper on your thirst for blood you sick fuck. Can you imagine a moratorium being imposed on executions in Texas? No, I'm sure you can't. Nothing is more important to you redneck politicians than maintaining your "tough" on crime image even if your policies are clearly ineffective and even if it means killing innumerable amounts of people who committed no crime other than living in a state with an unforgiving, inept, and crooked justice system.
So, fuck you, Governor Perry, and fuck your entire state for that matter. You are truly worthy of a Prick of the Week honor, and are definitely in the running for the Taint of the Year Award. Sleep well with the knowledge that you are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people, at least one of whom did absolutely nothing wrong. Prick.
"Yeah. The only statement I want to make is that I am an innocent man convicted of a crime I did not commit. I have been persecuted for 12 years for something I did not do. From God's dust I came and to dust I will return, so the earth shall become my throne. I gotta go, Road Dog. I love you, Gabby."
