Talk:Cameron Willingham
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I do not have the time to follow this up, but it's hit the news that this man may in fact have been innocent. The alleged murders were the result of a fire, supposedly arson. Experts testified at his trial that it was arson, and it (presumably) followed that Willingham was the only one who could have said it. This scientific testimony was the primary basis of his conviction.
However, it now turns out that the theories these experts used have been discredited, and the fire may not have been arson at all.
A very similar case involving one Ernest Willis, also on death row, resulted in the prisoner being exonerated.
Commitees are being set up and fingers are being pointed. I don't have the patience for detail hunting, but certainly this man's wiki writeup deserves a little more--and perhaps a link in the capital punishment entry under "arguments against."