Cameron Todd Willingham was thirty six years old when he was accused of murdering his three children and executed. Forensic evidence determined that a fire was set in the house on purpose, and Willingham's conviction was largely based on this evidence. After several professional forensic scientists reviewed the case, they concluded that there was no evidence that the fire was set on purpose. Along with scientists disproving the fact that the house was set on fire on purpose, one of the witnesses who claimed that he saw Willingham set the fire recanted his statement. With the evidence provided there should not have been enough evidence to convict Willingham, much less put him on death row. In all likelihood Willingham was innocent
