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An Interview with Jay Siegel

By Steve Hall

Science Insider, a Science blog, has posted, the second installment in "Forensic Science on Trial: Part II."  The interview is conducted by Eli Kintisch.  Here's an extended excerpt:In Part I, ScienceInsider interviewed a fire investigator on the topic of arson and forensic science in the United States, an issue brought to the forefront by the controversial execution of Todd Willingham in Texas in 2004. Now we conducted an email interview with a member of the landmark National Research Council panel which in February found "a tremendous need for the forensic science community to get better." Jay Siegel is the director of the Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 16, 2009 (boomark / email).