Todd Willingham's Conviction Process One day Cameron Todd Willingham woke up to his house on fire that involved three deaths who were his children.(I need to start my intro sentence differently) Willingham was then prosecuted to death sentence of starting the fire with a motive to kill his children. The investigation involved professionals and eyewitness testimonies in order to conclude that Willingham was guilty but unfortunately there were many flaws to the investigation. The criminal justice system is not perfect and I blame the people involved in the system and the system itself. (I feel like there is something missing in my intro paragraph) After the the tragic fire, two fire investigators arrived at the scene to determine what caused the blaze. The investigation was considered very …show more content…
Willingham was definitely being judged by his physical characteristics rather than real evidence that made him seem guilty. One physical characteristic that was brought up during Willinghams prosecution was his tattoo, which was a skull with a serpent. Jackson, the prosecutor brought up the question to Stacy (Willingham S former wife) that what was the significance of the tattoo as if that would bring in some answers about Willingham's motive to make the crime. Not only was he suspicious due to a tattoo but h was also judged due to his posters. One of the psychologists named Tim Gregory investigated if Willingham fits as a sociopath. As Gregory looked at many of Willingham's rock band posters some that have skulls and fire, concluded that “Many times individuals that have a lot of this type of art have interest in satanic-type activities” (Grann para