new evidence has come out that cameron todd willingham is innocent this sounds like great news for willingham it's just hard to tell him about it because he was executed in two thousand and four by the state of texas prosecutors accused willingham of setting fire to his house killing his three daughters the testimony from the arson experts in the trial has since been ripped apart and the prosecution's may witness johnnie webb who spent time in jail with willingham now says he was told to live by the prosecution webb was promised help getting out of jail if he said willingham confessed to him an innocent man was executed so why do so many americans defend this barbaric stone age system of punishment what do we. i mean yes we are but can we try not to be for like a second people give a few reasons for the death penalty they say it deters murderers from murdering and that's true in that it's not true at all no never all the studies show it's true which makes sense because when you strangling someone you're not generally contemplating the state laws you know it could see did i cross the border in