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In Contentious Meeting, FSC Expands Arson Investigation

By Steve Hall

The AP report is, "Texas panel requests more experts in arson case," via Google News.  It's by Jeff Carlton. A Texas panel on Friday declined to clear fire investigators of professional misconduct for determining that arson caused a 1991 fire that killed three girls and led to the conviction and execution of their father.Instead, the Texas Forensic Science Commission planned to meet in November to question fire experts about the professional standards used by arson investigators in the early 1990s. The commissioners are withholding judgment on whether investigators were wrong to say arson caused the blaze.That decision came over the fierce objections of the commission chairman, John Bradley, who was appointed last year by Gov...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 18, 2010 (boomark / email).