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Cameron Todd Willingham (January 9, 1968 – February 17, 2004) was an American man who was convicted and executed for the murder of his three young children by arson at the family home in Corsicana, Texas, on December 23, 1991. Since Willingham's 2004 execution, significant controversy has arisen over the legitimacy of the guilty verdict and ...
Incendiary: The Willingham Case is a 2011 documentary film by Steve Mims and Joe Bailey, Jr. that explores the conviction and execution of Cameron Todd Willingham for arson murder. Equal parts murder mystery, forensic investigation and political drama, the film meticulously reviews the arson evidence used to convict Willingham, and immerses ...
Trial by Fire is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Edward Zwick. The story is based upon David Grann 's article "Trial by Fire" that appeared in The New Yorker in 2009 about case Willingham v. State of Texas. [ 3] The film stars Jack O'Connell, Laura Dern, Emily Meade, Jeff Perry and Jade Pettyjohn .
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Texas for murder, and participation in a felony resulting in death if committed by an individual who has attained or is over the age of 18. In 1982, the state became the first jurisdiction in the world to carry out an execution by lethal injection, when it executed Charles Brooks Jr.
James Grigson. James Paul Grigson Jr. (January 30, 1932 – June 3, 2004), [ 3] nicknamed "Dr. Death" by some press accounts, [ 4][ 5][ 6] was a Texas forensic psychiatrist who testified in 167 capital trials, nearly all of which resulted in death sentences. [ 7] He was exposed as a charlatan [ 8][ 9] and expelled by the American Psychiatric ...
Carlos DeLuna. Carlos DeLuna ( / dəˈluːnə /; March 15, 1962 – December 7, 1989) was an American man who was convicted of murder and executed by the State of Texas for killing Wanda Lopez, a 24-year-old gas station attendant in Corpus Christi, on the evening of February 4, 1983. [ 1] Since DeLuna's execution by lethal injection in 1989 ...
Executions don’t bring back the lives taken by horrific criminal acts. They can’t undo wrongdoing. They neither make us safer nor better than the 32 men on the state’s death row. All they do ...
978-1-84605-715-1. The Confession is a 2010 legal thriller novel by John Grisham, his second novel published in 2010 (the first being Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer ). The novel is about the murder of a high school cheerleader and an innocent man's arrest for the crime. It was Grisham's first novel to be released simultaneously in digital and ...