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Criminal Justice @ CSULB University Library

News from the Library, for the Criminal Justice Community at California State University Long Beach

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

An Innocent Person Executed in Texas?

Cameron Willingham was executed in February 2004 for the deaths of his three children in a fire that Texas officials contended was a case of arson. However four arson investigators, working with Barry Sheck's Innocence Project, now contend that the expert testimony offered at Mr. Willingham's trial was inaccurate.

Panel Says Faulty Arson Evidence Led to Execution - Los Angeles Times

Students of California State University Long Beach can read more about Willingham's trial and emotionally charged execution by using the research database Newspapers (click on the search link).