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Forensic Science Commission will investigate science behind Cameron Willingham's capital arson conviction

The Texas Forensic Science Commission met in Houston today and voted to take on their first independent investigation involving an alleged wrongful conviction stemming from flawed forensic science - the case of Cameron Willingham, executed for an arson crime in which the arson investigators on the case later admitted they'd relied on flawed science for their conclusions. Reported AP:A state panel has voted to investigate whether a man executed for setting a fire that killed his three daughters actually started the blaze. The Texas Forensic Science Commission on Friday agreed to review investigators' conclusions that Cameron Todd Willingham set a fire at his family's home in Corsicana two days before Christmas in 1991. He was executed in 2004...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 15, 2008 (boomark / email).