Extra credit 5: Frontline-Death by fire

Here is a the case of Cameron Todd Williams, a man who was put to death due to a fire that caused the death of his three children. What makes this story incredible is the fact that no evidence of arson was provided in court room, instead, he was charged because of a confession of a cell mate;the cell mate was put at the stance to testify against Williams. After the witnessed testified it seemed as the jury, the prosecutor and the judge were already convinced that Williams had caused this fire. During this time, Williams was advised to take a plea bargain to avoid the death penalty. Williams, knowing that he was innocent, decided to go on with the trial and did not take the plea.

The court did not having any valid evidence for a conviction. The only thing that they used to go through with the trial was Williams' cell mate's testimony and other presumptions of the incident. These other presumptions  were not valid evidence; they said that because Williams only had minor injuries from the fire that that was a sign of arson; they said that because Williams did not look remorseful to the interrogator that he was guilty. At the end, Williams was found guilty by the jury and put to death for the murder of his three daughters.

After watching this video and finding out that there was no evidence other than the cell mate's testimony, i have come to the conclusion that this man was innocent. The law states that in the justice system you are innocent until proven guilty not the other way around. This case should have been delayed longer; especially when a person's life was at stake.