The Prosecutor and the Snitch

New Evidence Suggests Key Witness In Death Row Case Was Encouraged To Lie
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice shows Cameron Todd Willingham who was executed in 2004 for setting fire to his Corsicana house, killing his 2-year-old daughter and 1-year-old twins. Stacy Kuykendall, Willingham's ex-wife, reiterated her contention Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, that he confessed his guilt to her. Willingham was executed on Feb. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice, File)
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice shows Cameron Todd Willingham who was executed in 2004 for setting fire to his Corsicana house, killing his 2-year-old daughter and 1-year-old twins. Stacy Kuykendall, Willingham's ex-wife, reiterated her contention Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, that he confessed his guilt to her. Willingham was executed on Feb. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice, File)

CORSICANA, Tex. — For more than 20 years, the prosecutor who convicted Cameron Todd Willingham of murdering his three young daughters has insisted that the authorities made no deals to secure the testimony of the jailhouse informer who told jurors that Willingham confessed the crime to him.

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