Mr Willingham was quickly convicted and sentenced to death.
The authorities were unmoved. Willingham was executed by lethal injection on Feb. 17, 2004.
Willingham said he tried to rescue the kids but was driven back by smoke and flames.
Willingham insisted on his innocence, refusing to plead guilty even to avoid execution.
His conviction rested on arson investigators 'findings and the testimony of Johnny Webb, a jailhouse informant who claimed that Willingham had confessed to him.
The beauty of video gaming is that children understand that “failure is a normal part of the learning process,” said Dan Willingham, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia.
