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Innocence Project Cites New Evidence in Plea for Post-Execution Pardon

Todd Willingham was executed a decade ago after he was convicted of setting a house fire that killed his three daughters, the Texas Tribune reports. Lawyers from the Innocence Project have already cited faulty science regarding the cause of the fire being arson. Now they say a note shows that the presiding prosecutor made a deal with a jailhouse informant even though the informant testified he received nothing in exchange for his testimony, The Tribune further reports.