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Arson experts finally scheduled to testify in Willingham inquiry tomorrow

The Forensic Science Commission tomorrow will (finally) meet to hear testimony from arson experts on the Todd Willingham case. Chuck Lindell at the Austin Statesman has a preview post up describing the experts scheduled to testify. They are:Assistant State Fire Marshal Ed Salazar, second in command at the office that helps investigate suspicious fires statewide. One of the office?s investigators was instrumental in the 1992 conviction of Willingham, and the office recently stood by that investigation despite criticism from every modern, outside fire investigator to re-examine its conclusions.John DeHaan, one of the nation?s leading fire experts who has spent more than 35 years investigating fires. DeHaan wrote five editions of ?Kirk?s Fire Investigation,? the most widely used textbook in the field, and co-wrote a companion text, ?Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 06, 2011 (boomark / email).