Cameron Todd Willingham

Cameron Todd Willingham (January 9, 1968 – February 17, 2004) was an American man who was convicted of murder, and executed in 2004 for the deaths of his three young children by arson at the family home in Corsicana, Texas on December 23, 1991.

Willingham's case gained renewed attention in 2009 when an investigative report by David Grann in The New Yorker, drawing upon arson investigation experts and advances in fire science since the 1992 investigation, suggested that the evidence for arson was unconvincing, and that had this information been available at the time of trial, Willingham would have been acquitted.

According to an August 2009 investigative report by an expert hired by the Texas Forensic Science Commission, the original claims of arson were doubtful. The Corsicana Fire Department disputes the findings, stating that the report overlooked several key points in the record. The case has been further complicated by allegations that Texas Governor Rick Perry impeded the investigation by replacing three of the nine commission members in an attempt to change the commission's findings; Perry denies the allegations.

A 2011 documentary film, Incendiary: The Willingham Case, mixed stylized explorations of fire science with cinema verité coverage of efforts to review Willingham’s case—by the Texas Forensic Science Commission and within the Texas court system. The film brought renewed attention to Willingham's case in theatrical release.