In Corsicana, Texas, the home of Cameron Willingham and his family burned down on December 23, 1991. According to the report, Cameron was sleeping when the fire broke out and survived the accident with only a few injuries, as his children were not so lucky, they lost their lives in the tragic accident. At the time of the accident, Cameron's wife was buying gifts for their children for Christmas. According to one witness, Diane and her daughter Diane and Buffie from a few houses down came outside and saw Cameron screaming, "My kids are burning!" Diane and Cameron made countless attempts to rescue the girls from their room until firefighters could get there. According to the New Yorker “The house, in short, had been deliberately transformed into a death trap”. According to reports from 24 and 27 December 1991, the fire was declared arson and it was subsequently decided to conduct a criminal investigation. Cameron was questioned by detectives on December 31 and subsequently arrested on January 8, 1992 for the deaths of his three daughters. After the arrest on January 8, 1992, the trial began on August 18, 1992. The State had two factors that played an important role. part in the process. One is Johnny Everett Webb, a cellmate, with Cameron Willingham in the Navarro County Jail. The second important factor is the testimonies of detectives Vasquez and Frogg about what they believed happened that night. Prosecutors believed that Cameron had willfully attempted to kill his children by setting fire to his home. Cameron Willingham never changed his story and always seemed innocent. Willingham was found guilty based on testimony given in court by forensic experts because a former agent... middle of paper... seemed so real. Bottom line, the Texas government should have done a better job during this investigation and realized that this was an accident before an innocent man was executed. Works Cited “The Innocence Project – Cameron Todd Willingham: Wrongly Convicted and Executed in Texas.” The Innocence Project - Cameron Todd Willingham: wrongly convicted and executed in Texas. Np, nd Web. November 18, 2013. http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Cameron_Todd_Willingham_Wrongfully_Convicted_and_Executed_in_Texas.php.-Order to Exonerate Cameron Todd Willingham"Cameron Todd Willingham – Innocent and Executed." Cameron Todd Willingham RSS innocent and executed. Np, nd Web. November 19, 2013. http://camerontoddwillingham.com."Trial by fire." The New Yorker. Np, nd Web. November 20. 2013. .