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Commentary on the FSC Meeting

By Steve Hall

Rick Casey writes, "Willingham: Scientists vs. lawyers," for his column in today's Houston Chronicle. The Texas Forensic Science Commission finally heard from scientists Friday regarding the controversial case of Todd Willingham, who was executed for killing his three children in a Corsicana arson fire in 1991. Two of the nation's top arson scientists testified that Willingham had been convicted based on evidence that, looked at by today's standards and even by the looser standards of the time, could as easily be interpreted to indicate an accidental fire as an arson. And: The most relentless defender of the investigators, and attacker of the scientists, was Chairman Bradley. He failed earlier to quash the investigation by getting the commission to rule that the investigators followed the procedures of the time but that the conclusion was flawed by today's standards...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 10, 2011 (boomark / email).