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Texas Death Row Innocence
Cameron Todd Willingham was convicted of killing his three daughters in Texas in 1992. He was charged with setting a house fire that killed the girls. And he was executed for the crime in 2004. But a jailhouse informant who was instrumental in convicting Willingham has now recanted his testimony.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readCameron Todd Willingham was convicted of killing his three daughters in Texas in 1992. He was charged with setting a house fire that killed the girls. And he was executed for the crime in 2004. But a jailhouse informant who was instrumental in convicting Willingham has now recanted his testimony. And the fire science used to convict him has since been debunked.
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3 of 6Treating Ebola, Broken Windows Policing, and Hate-Watching TV- 0:00Treating Ebola
- 7:49PTSD Claims
- 16:22Texas Death Row Innocence You’re reading this
- 25:50Broken Windows
- 33:33Data-driven Sentencing
- 42:13TV Roundup