Criminal Law

Cameron Todd Willingham to be reinvestigated
via the Innocence Project The Texas State Forensic Science Commission agreed Friday to investigate possible negligence or misconduct in the Cameron Todd Willingham case. Willingham was executed in 2004 for allegedly murdering his three young children by setting his Corsicana home on fire in 1991...

This week four years ago….
Four years ago this week Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in Texas.  Over at Executed Today it notes On Feb. 17, 2004, Cameron Todd Willingham was strapped to a gurney in a Texas death chamber as he declared his innocence for the last time...

Todd Willingham
"Texas hires arson expert to study fatal 1991 fire for which Cameron Todd Willingham was executed," is Steve Mills' report in today's Chicago Tribune.In 2004, four fire experts told the Chicago Tribune that the fire that had sent Cameron Todd...

An Important Update on the Todd Willingham Case
"Cameron Todd Willingham case: Expert says fire for which father was executed was not arson," is the title of Steve Mills' report for the Chicago Tribune. Here's an extended excerpt from this must-read: In a withering critique, a nationally known...

TX Commission to Investigate Whether Innocent Man Was Executed
This is really big news. For the first time in U.S. history, a state commission will investigate whether an innocent man was executed. A Texas panel will investigate whether a man executed for setting a fire that killed his three daughters actually started the blaze...

Executed man didn't commit fatal arson, expert tells TX officials
In Texas, they're conducting the first state-sponsored review of a capital punishment case. Specifically, they're looking into the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was convicted and executed for setting a house fire that killed his three children...