Cameron Todd Willingham

David Martin is sickened by the suggestion that Texas executed an innocent man when Cameron Todd Willingham was put to death for setting a fire that killed his three children. The veteran defense attorney represented Willingham at trial. He looked at all the evidence. And he has no doubt that his client deserved to die. "I never think about him, but I do think about those year-old babies crawling around in an inferno with their flesh melting off their bodies," Martin said. "I think that he was guilty, that he deserved death and that he got death." The 2004 execution, however, didn't end questions ... Read Full Story

The evidence continues to mount that the state of Texas executed a potentially innocent man, Cameron Todd Willingham , for a crime he didn't commit. Just days before a committee was to convene, reviewing evidence that the investigation and prosecution that led to Willingham's death by the hands of the state, Texas governor Rick Perry removed three of the member of the panel, cancelling the meeting. Cameron Todd Willingham, executed by the state of Texas in 2004. Some are now raising concerns that the Republican governor, who refused to grant a stay of execution to Willingham, is attempting to block the progress of the ... Read Full Story

A former brother-in-law of a man executed in 2004 for killing his three children says the death row inmate had confessed to his ex-wife that he set the fire that killed their daughters. The statement from Ronnie Kuykendall is included in two affidavits released this week by the city of Corsicana in response to media requests amid suggestions that Cameron Todd Willingham may have been innocent. Willingham was executed on Feb. 17, 2004, after being convicted of capital murder for the 1991 deaths of the children, 2-year-old Amber and 1-year-old twins Karmon and Kameron. Prosecutors said he set fire to the family's Corsicana home ... Read Full Story

Texas' governor says a man put to death in 2004 for killing his children was "a monster," and suggestions he may have been innocent are anti-death penalty propaganda. Gov. Rick Perry pointed out Wednesday that Cameron Todd Willingham's murder convictions were upheld several times before his 2004 execution. Forensic scientists have called into question arson evidence used to convict Willingham, who maintained his innocence until his death. Perry says recent news reports have glossed over evidence that shows Willingham killed his children. The governor has been criticized for replacing members of the Texas Forensic Science Commission just before they were to review a new ... Read Full Story

In spite of a clemency plea in which a nationally recognized arson expert concluded that the conviction of Cameron Todd Willingham was based in part on flawed forensics, Texas Gov. Rick Perry turned down Willingham's plea for clemency and allowed the executed to go forward in 2004. Perry insisted again on Wednesday that the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham was appropriate and that Texas did not, contrary to growing opinion , execute an innocent man. Critics allege that Perry used his political power to stymie an investigation into the botched execution. Perry stifled a panel reviewing Willingham's execution by abruptly removing three people from ... Read Full Story