Would you oppose the death penalty if it were proven that Texas has executed an innocent man? If so, remember this name: Cameron Todd Willingham. He was innocent and Texas executed him. There are plenty of executed death-row inmates with strong claims of innocence, such as David Spence, Ruben Cantu, Carlos De Luna and Gary Graham. But the state of Texas has never admitted to killing an innocent person. Willinghams case could become the first case in which the state of Texas will have to admit that it made a mistake. Willingham was executed for arson and murder in 2004. He professed his innocence until he was strapped down on the execution gurney, saying I am an innocent man — convicted of a crime I did not commit. I have been persecuted for 12 years for something I did not do. Now, we know that he was telling the truth. In August, Craig Beyler, the investigator hired by the Texas Forensic Science Commission to review the Willingham case, released his report in which he found that a finding of arson could not be sustained by a scientific analysis. He concluded that the fire in the Willingham case was accidental and not arson. In fact, there was no arson, so there was no crime. David Grann wrote a 16000-word article for The New Yorker in which he discredited all the evidence used to convict and sentence Willingham. Barry Scheck, co-director of the Innocence Project said, After reading Granns report, fair-minded people will know beyond a reasonable doubt that an innocent ...