Cameron Todd Willingham Case

In 1992, Cameron Todd Willingham was convicted of arson and murder that caused the deaths of his three children. In 2004, he was given capital punishment. According to the Texas Forensic Science Commission, it was demonstrated that the evidence had been misinterpreted, and that none of the evidence that had previously been used against Willingham was valid. The new evidence showed that the fire was accidental. As a society, we should not allow capital punishment to be legal in the United States. It does not show any positive outcome because either serve as a more effective punishment than any lesser punishment, it takes a toll on the economy especially taxpayers, and not all convicted death row inmates are guilty, though keeping a murderer …show more content…
Research has shown that cases that are not capital punishment cost an estimated an $740,000
Much like how Cameron Todd Willingham was put to death for a crime that he in fact did not commit, there have been countless more that have died being innocent. During a study, Samuel Gross, lead author of the study and a University of Michigan Law School professor stated that in his study his team concluded that, "More than 4 percent of inmates sentenced to death in the United States are probably innocent." If 4 percent of inmates are innocent According to the Death Penalty Information Center, cases without the death penalty cost $740,000, while cases where the death penalty is sought cost $1.26 million. Maintaining each death row prisoner costs taxpayers $90,000 more per year than a prisoner in general population. Another thing to take into consideration is that Death Penalty cases can take up years to be finalized, for example one reason why they might take a long period of time, is if that, lawyers from both sides will try really hard to appeal the case and fight until they feel that they will get the best possible