Incendiary: The Willingham Case

In 1991, Cameron Todd Willingham’s three daughters died in a Corsicana, Texas house fire. Tried and
convicted for their arson murders, Willingham was executed in February 2004 despite overwhelming
expert criticism of the prosecution’s arson evidence. Today, Willingham’s name has become a call for reform
in the field of forensics and a rallying cry for the anti-death penalty movement; yet he remains an
indisputable “monster” in the eyes of Texas Governor Rick Perry, who ignored the science that could
have saved Willingham’s life. Equal parts murder mystery, forensic investigation and political drama,
INCENDIARY: THE WILLINGHAM CASE documents the haunted legacy of a prosecution built on “folklore.”