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Texas Capital Punishment System Examined as Doubts Remain in Cameron Todd Willingham Case
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is under fire for delaying a state investigation into the execution of a convicted arsonist in 2004. Reports have determined that the man was convicted using disproved fire science techniques, suggesting that he may have been innocent.
Perry’s Handling of Case Causes Controversy
Cameron Todd Willingham, a Corsicana, Texas, man convicted of starting a fire in his home that killed his three daughters in 1991, was executed by the state of Texas in 2004. Several reports have condemned the investigation that led to Willingham’s conviction, raising the possibility that the state may have executed an innocent man.
The Willingham case has gained national attention in the past several months due to a piece by David Grann in The New Yorker and a state-sanctioned report by fire scientist Craig Beyler that both concluded that there was almost no scientific evidence to suggest that the fire was an act of arson.
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