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Dave Mann: Burn Patterns

By Steve Hall

Earlier this year, the Texas Observer ran a series by Dave Mann, "Burn Patterns," that examined two questionable arson convictions.  Mann has a recent post at his Contrarian blog at the Observer, "The Importance of Willingham's Story."While I was away, the Cameron Todd Willingham case became national news. Willingham, as most of you probably know by now, was executed in 2004 for allegedly killing his three children in a 1991 house fire in North Texas. Most arson experts believe he was innocent. I've been following the Willingham case while working on an investigative series about people wrongly convicted of arson.This week's New Yorker features a 16,000 word story on Willingham by David Grann. Lots of fascinating detail in the piece...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 14, 2009 (boomark / email).