On October 19, PBS's Frontline program featured a documentary on the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas in 2004 for setting a fire that killed his three daughters.
This case is remarkable because a later forensic review had led to the conclusion that "a finding of arson could not be sustained."
In other words, the fatal fire for which Willingham was executed was probably just an accident.
In other words, Texas probably executed an innocent man.
If you missed the Frontline program when it aired, you can watch it online here: FRONTLINE: Death by Fire | PBS
The program paints Willingham as being a pretty nasty guy. But, nasty or not, nobody deserves to be executed for a crime he did not commit.
More on the case:
For more information about the Willingham case, see David Grann's investigative article published last September in The New Yorker: Trial by Fire
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