Wondering whether Trial by Fire is based on a true story? The 2018 film tells the tragic story of Cameron Todd Willingham, a Texas man convicted of arson and executed for allegedly setting the fire ...

Trial by Fireisn’t just a heart wrenching warning about the dangers of a broken judicial system, it is also a fictionalized retelling of the real-life trial and execution of Cameron Todd Willingham.

A report (PDF) released Tuesday by Dr. Craig Beyler to the Texas Forensic Science Commission found that a fire which killed three children in 1991 was not arson. This finding is important because the ...

At this point, more than a decade after Cameron Todd Willingham’s 2004 execution for the arson deaths of his three young daughters in Corsicana, there’s something marrow-deep exhausting about the ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Are you hoping Trial By Fire is not based on a true story? Unfortunately, the film is based on a real-life nightmare. Director Edward Zwick‘s 2018 biographical drama is a ...

IRVING, Texas A state forensics panel on Friday assigned four of its members to review the arson case that resulted in the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was convicted of killing his three ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Adam and I both wrote on Thursday about Texas Governor Rick Perry’s decision to go ...

District Judge Charlie Baird will hold a two-day hearing in October to consider evidence on whether Cameron Todd Willing­ham was actually innocent of and executed for a crime that never occurred.

(Huntsville, Texas-AP) -- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Tuesday declined to block the scheduled execution of Oklahoma native and convicted killer Cameron Willingham. The Ardmore native faces ...

The case of Cameron Todd Willingham, executed in 2004 for arson that led to the death of his three children, is back. Long questioned by professional fire investigators and anti-death penalty ...

It’s been more than a decade since Cameron Todd Willingham was executed for the arson deaths of his three young daughters in Corsicana. Willingham went to his execution declaring his innocence, and in ...

Curious about the real-life case behind Trial by Fire? The 2018 film tells the tragic story of Cameron Todd Willingham, a Texas man convicted of arson and executed for allegedly setting the fire that ...