Cameron Todd Case Study

Did Texas killed an innocent man who was convicted of killing his three daughters or was it accidental? Cameron Todd became a man who execution spark national conversation about politics and forensic science. In today society, death penalty remains debatable about whether it actually enforces the law or kills innocent individuals who are put on death row merely to have a scapegoat to solve a crime. At the time of the crime Cameron Todd was portray as a man who was a sociopath with tendencies to abuse his wife without remorse. Forensic science shows that the man did not killed his children of arson, however in 2016 that evidence cannot reverse time to save the man accused of the crime. Many experts such as scientists who study in forensic science knew that this case had many holes in their evidence. The Corsicana Fire Department believe that the initial reports lack compelling evidence to convict a man of arson or any form of crime. Overall, this case was based on the fact that the local police department and Texas Governor Rick Perry, believe that the man must have be guilty due to his local social status. In the town of …show more content…
Police force investigate after the fire occurred and found liquid accelerant to be the cause of the crime immediately. However, statements from his wife show that there no fight prior to that crime and police could not find a main motive to commit the crime. His stepmother Eugenia believe the man could not have committed such a tragic act and say he would never harm his own children in the crime. Another witness by the name of Johnny Webb, was told by Todd himself that he did set the fire on purpose. Johnny Webb story has many several errors, the biggest one being that one of his daughters was injure or dead, time before the crime show no indication of that