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Beyler to Teestify at House Hearing This Morning

By Steve Hall

In less than 10 minutes, the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee is set to meet, and arson expert Craig Beyler will be one of the witnesses."Fire expert expected to testify in House hearing," is the AP report in today's Dallas Morning News.A fire expert whose report on a death penalty case raised concerns that Texas may have executed an innocent man is expected to testify before state lawmakers. Craig Beyler of Baltimore is on the witness list for Monday's meeting of the state House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee at the Capitol. Beyler's 2009 report on the case of Cameron Todd Willingham said fire science does not support the original finding of arson in the deaths of Willingham's three young children. That report led some to conclude Willingham was wrongly executed in 2004...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 11, 2010 (boomark / email).