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Maurice Possley

Crime

The Prosecutor and the Snitch

In 2004, Cameron Todd Willingham was executed for starting a fire that killed his three daughters. The case hinged on the testimony of a jailhouse informant named Johnny E. Webb. Today, Webb says he lied.

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Previously: "Trial By Fire," David Grann's 2009 article on the Willingham case.

Maurice Possley The Marshall Project Aug 2014 20min Permalink

Crime

Trophy Slaughter

Inside the criminal operation illegally buying, selling and killing tigers – and selling their meat at the local butcher.

Jon Yates, Maurice Possley Chicago Tribune Nov 2002 15min Permalink

"I didn't do it. But I know who did."

Carlos De Luna, convicted of murdering gas station clerk Wanda Lopez, was executed in 1989. But was another man named Carlos actually guilty of the crime?

  1. Part 1: "I didn't do it"

  2. Part 2: Phantom or killer

  3. Part 3: The secret that wasn't

Maurice Possley, Steve Mills The Chicago Tribune Jun 2006 35min Permalink