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FRONTLINE: Death By Fire 2

By Jennifer Robinson / Web Producer

Published October 6, 2014 at 11:29 AM PDT

Cameron Todd Willingham — convicted of the Dec. 23, 1991 capital murder of his three children in a fire — waits for guards to take him back to his cell on death row in Livingston, Texas, days before his execution on Feb. 17, 2004.

Airs Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

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"Death By Fire 2" - Did Texas execute an innocent man? FRONTLINE re-investigates the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed for the arson deaths of his three children. The film asks new questions about a key prosecution witness and science that raises doubts about whether the fatal fire was really arson.

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