[43] According to the complaint, "During a pretrial hearing on July 24, 1992, [Jackson] told the trial court that he had no evidence favorable to Willingham. On December 23, 1991, a fire destroyed the family home of Cameron Todd Willingham in Corsicana, Texas. [16] Against the advice of his own counsel, Willingham declined a life sentence in exchange for his guilty plea. (Thompson later received an award from the Texas District and County Attorneys Association for this motion and appeal. A man is in custody after allegedly setting fire to a police car while an officer was still inside, according to police in Seattle. "[17], Commenting on the condition of the house, Jackson added, "any escape or rescue route from the burning house was blocked by a refrigerator, which had been pushed against the back door, requiring any person attempting an escape to run through the conflagration at the front of the house. “Prior to the incident, the victim’s daughter who returned home at about 1.45pm said she saw her father happily sitting in the front passenger seat. Willingham later explained that he removed the car out of concern that it could explode and worsen the house fire. Riots involving arson and destruction of property have taken place in the wake of the death of George Floyd who died in Minneapolis police custody after an officer knelt on his neck, video of the incident shows. Willingham maintained his innocence up until his death and spent years trying to appeal his conviction. "[12] According to Brandice, he refused, and moved his car away from the fire before returning to sit on a nearby lawn, "not once attempting to go inside to rescue his children." [16] In a 2009 article discussing the reasons why Willingham was found guilty, Jackson recalled witness statements establishing that Willingham was overheard whispering to his deceased older daughter at the funeral home, "You're not the one who was supposed to die." [1], Jackson contradicted Willingham's account by claiming blood gas analysis at Navarro Regional Hospital shortly after the fire revealed that Willingham had not inhaled any smoke. The man who filmed the incident didn’t capture Tarner, but said he heard “someone shriek and run away,” WUSA reported. [34] In 2010, she declared, "Todd murdered Amber, Karmon, and Kameron. The case was complicated by allegations that Texas Governor Rick Perry impeded the investigation by replacing three of the nine Forensic Commission members in an attempt to change the Commission's findings; Perry denies the allegations.[4]. In a rebuttal, Grann wrote, "If the arson investigators had concluded that there was no scientific evidence that a crime had occurred — as the top fire investigators in the country have now determined — Willingham's words at the funeral would surely be viewed as a sign that he was tormented by the fact that he had survived without saving his children. Video of the incident’s aftermath appeared to show one police car engulfed in flames, according to CBS affiliate WUSA. )[40][41], In 2014, the Washington Post reported that new evidence emerged indicating that Webb had said in taped interviews that he lied on the witness stand in exchange for a prosecutor's help obtaining a reduced prison term and financial support from a rich rancher. [1] Grigson had served as an expert witness for the prosecution in murder trials across the state of Texas. The FBI says the man pictured above set a Miami police car on fire during last month’s protest against police brutality in downtown Miami. “The cause of the fire is still under investigation and initial investigations found that there is no element of mischief in the incident,” he added. "[17] The testimony at trial of Johnny Webb, a jailhouse informant, suggested that Willingham had set the fire in order to cover up an injury or death of one of the children due to his wife's actions. "[16] There were two refrigerators in the Willingham house. "[17], An August 2009 Chicago Tribune investigative article concluded, "Over the past five years, the Willingham case has been reviewed by nine of the nation's top fire scientists — first for the Tribune, then for the Innocence Project, and now for the commission. He was eventually transported to the hospital for treatment, in handcuffs."[13]. The prosecutor, John Jackson, and the City of Corsicana have both released formal responses to the Beyler Report on the investigation of the fire that killed Willingham's three children at the behest of the Texas Forensic Science Commission.
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