‘Big Little Lies’ star LauraDern challenges Texas to abolish the death penalty after 'Trial by Fire'
Most true crime fans are familiar with Making a Murderer, which tells the story of a Wisconsin man who has been imprisoned for murder, but if Steven Avery were in a state that had the death penalty, would he still be alive to plead his innocence?
The film ends with a real-life clip that shows former Texas Governor Rick Perry, who was in office when Willingham was executed, being asked about the death penalty. Perry claimed he didn't lose a wink of sleep over killing a potentially innocent man. Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in 2004 for the triple homicide by arson of his three young children in Corsicana, Texas, on December 23, 1991. He died pleading his innocence, with his friend, Elizabeth Gilbert, endlessly working to get him exonerated. New science proved he couldn’t have ignited the fire that killed his children, yet he went suffered the ultimate consequence.
Dern, however, has a challenge for the state of Texas and Perry. “If that is your belief system, then how great is it that we ended with your quote?” she asks. “It’s not about shaming you. If you believe that, if your moral compass is ‘thou shall not kill’ and we will never kill an innocent person, then we have to immediately abolish the death penalty.”
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