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The Beyler Report

By Steve Hall

The report by Craig Beyler, a nationally recognized arson expert, prepared for the Texas Forensic Science Commission is here in Adobe .pdf format.Chuck Lindell writes, "Man convicted of murder, executed over arson that wasn't, scientist says," for today's Austin American-Statesman.The fatal house fire that led Texas to execute Cameron Todd Willingham in 2004 was erroneously ruled to be arson by fire investigators who relied on bad science, unproven theories and personal bias, a state-funded analysis concludes. The analysis, prepared by nationally known fire scientist Craig Beyler, raises the possibility that Willingham did not commit the crime for which he was executed, a 1991 fire that killed his three young children in the Corsicana house they shared...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 26, 2009 (boomark / email).