Incendiary- Reflection Essay Was Todd Willingham executed for an incendiary case or as a result of incendiary testimonies? Twenty three year old Todd Willingham was executed after being convicted of setting his house on fire, resulting in the death of his three children. However, years after the execution, the Texas Forensic Science Commission was formed, and light was shed on the fact that the evidence presented was by no way sufficient for his conviction. The film, Incendiary, elucidates the factors contributing to this faulty conviction by introducing the role of the experts and politics in the case. Incendiary starts off with a hook character, John Lentini, who reveals to us how the scientific evidence juxtaposes the testimonies presented