Alex Massie Alex Massie

A Question for Supporters of the Death Penalty

Have you read David Grann’s article about the trial and execution of Cameron Todd Willingham? I’d urge you to do so.

Willingham was convicted of setting the fire that brunt down his house and killed his three children. There were, investigators said, no fewer than 20 grounds for supposing that the fire was not an accident.

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