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Scientific Advances in Arson Investigations Reveal Wrongful Convictions

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2013 by Michael Rigby published in Prison Legal News January, 2013, page 34
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Crime Labs, Wrongful Conviction. Location: United States of America.
by Mike Rigby

Current scientific knowledge is shattering the long-held traditional beliefs of arson investigators and exposing wrongful convictions in the process. Still, old-school fire inspectors, detectives and even some judges have been slow to embrace new scientific methods and findings related to arson investigations. In Texas, such reluctance led …

 

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