perry has put to death in his time as texas governor. more than any other governor in modern u.s. history. in texas, the only interruption to the state's full-speed-ahead attitude toward killing its prisoners has been the lingering scandal, the lingering question of whether texas under rick perry killed an innocent man in 2004. cameron willingham's conviction was for willingly setting a fire that killed his daughters in his homes but based on contested forensic evidence about the fire. after willingham was killed texas set up a commission to look at cases like his. governor perry was criticized for replacing the chairman of that commission in the middle of the investigation of the willingham case. perry's new chairman sidelined the willingham investigation. this week's texas's republican attorney general told the same commission it is not allowed to issue any official conclusion on the evidence in the cameron willingham case. it could investigate the gathering and processing of forensic evidence in other arson