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Relentless K.C. reporter finally gets results

By Mark Obbie

The Kansas City Star's Mike McGraw (pictured here) has to feel a sense of accomplishment today. His extensive, documents-intensive investigation of a major arson case has finally yielded a decision by federal authorities to call for an investigation of his findings. Starting in February 2007 -- after months of reporting already -- McGraw has hammered away at apparent holes in the convictions and life sentences of five defendants convicted in the deaths 20 years ago of six firefighters in a massive explosion. Even though McGraw's earlier reports unearthed serious factual questions about the evidence against the defendants, it wasn't until his story this past Sunday -- in which he added to those questions, most notably with key witnesses recanting -- that McGraw convinced authorities to reopen the case with a fresh set of eyes, a development that the Pulitzer-winning McGraw reports on today.

Full post as published by Lawbeat on July 02, 2008 (boomark / email).