The parole board recommend him for parole.
Many of the parole board members were in tears but voted for death.
Kiehl says he's heard all this before: all psychopaths claim they feel terrible about their crimes for the benefit of the parole board.
Next year Frau Schmitz will again make an appeal for clemency, and I expect the parole board to grant the appeal.
Shortly before the execution, Willingham's lawyers sent the governor and parole board a report from Gerald Hurst, another arson investigator, detailing multiple flaws in the first investigation.
The first system, emphasising rehabilitation, gives a lot of discretion to parole boards, who can reward good behaviour and also help with overcrowding by reducing inmates' prison time.
