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Cameron Trail By Fire
First of all, in “Trail by fire”, the primary evidence for Cameron’s execution was the result of the police’s investigations after the fire, which determined that the fire had been started by using sort of accelerant. This included a finding a patterns on the floor in the shape of puddles. All of this considered to indicate that the fire has been started by the help of an accelerant. However, there was a new evidence to prove that Cameron was innocent, which is the phenomena of “Flash over”. Flash over is a scientific phenomenon which happens when the majority of the exposed surfaces are heated and emit flammable gases; consequently, flashover normally occurs. This flashover, according to the investigators, seemed to be a fire which was done …show more content…
However, there was no evidence that he was beating his wife during her pregnancy. Also, his wife was a witness and she said that he was a very good father to his children and he sent her a letter before the fire telling her how much he loves her and his daughters. At the end, Cameron Todd Willingham was executed and in my opinion, an innocent man was wrongly put to death. I think he was executed though he was innocent because it would have been very contempt to court to set him free after he was sentenced to death. Also, maybe because many people believed that Cameron was guilty, the court wanted to set an example for anyone who was willing to do the same. To sum up, I believe that Cameron was innocent by my gut feeling because no one would ever kill his children unless he was mental disabled and he didn’t seem to be one. Plus, he confessed at the end that he didn’t enter the children’s room during the fire as he said and he confessed that he said so in order not to seem a coward man in front of any one. I think no one will say this word unless he is

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