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Summary: Two days before Christmas in 1991, Willingham poured a combustible liquid on the floor throughout his home and intentionally set the house on fire, resulting in the death of his three children. According to autopsy reports, Amber, age two, and twins Karmon and Kameron, age 1, died of acute carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of smoke inhalation. Neighbors of Willingham testified that as the house began smoldering, Willingham was “crouched down” in the front yard, and despite the neighbors’ pleas, refused to go into the house in any attempt to rescue the children. An expert witness for the State testified that the floors, front threshold, and front concrete porch were burned, which only occurs when an accelerant has been used to purposely burn these areas. The witness further testified that this igniting of the floors and thresholds is typically employed to impede firemen in their rescue attempts. The testimony at trial demonstrates that Willingham neither showed remorse for his actions nor grieved the loss of his three children. Willingham’s neighbors testified that when the fire “blew out” the windows, Willingham “hollered about his car” and ran to move it away from the fire to avoid its being damaged. A fire fighter also testified that Willingham was upset that his dart board was burned. Willingham told authorities that the fire started while he and the children were asleep. An investigation revealed that it was intentionally set with a flammable liquid. His claims of heroic effort to save the girls were not borne out by his unscathed escape with little smoke in his lungs.

It is amazing how the bleeding hearts find the biggest scumbags to try to make their case. Stoney, you really want to defend this low-life???? If this is the case liberal bleeding hearts are going to hang their hat on, I say, have at it.

Stoney, you really want to defend this low-life?

I hope by now you are realizing that I'm not defending this guy or his actions. I'm comenting on the case itself. If anything, i'm trying to defend the integrity of our court system. I'm one of those people that believes that even if a person is complete scum, he is entitled to as fair a trial as any nice person. Obviously, this case isn't that cut-and-dried since there are four expert arson investigators that disagree with the conclusion of the State's expert.