Willingham’s Prosecutor Subject of Formal Accusations of Misconduct
Prosecutor Accused of Misconduct in TX Execution Case by Maurice Possley, The Marshall Project, The Texas Tribune March 18, 2015 In a major turn in one of the country’s most-noted death penalty cases, the State Bar of Texas has filed a formal accusation of misconduct against the county prosecutor who convicted Cameron Todd Willingham, a Texas man executed in 2004 for the arson murder of his three young daughters. Following a preliminary inquiry that began last summer, the bar this month filed a disciplinary petition in Navarro County District Court accusing the former prosecutor, John H. Jackson, of obstruction of