I wrote about this back in 2010 and now as you can see from this link even more cases are being reviewed
Yes one must wonder for every case wrongfully convicted and an innocent person sent to jail how many arsonists got away clean with fires they set because junk science was being used instead of scientific based research which in some cases can not be recreated in the lab even thou they where physically witnessed in the field.
Yes some fires origins can never be determined , when they can not then the criminal part of the case should go no further ,Period.
until there is 100% provable and prosecutable evidence . We do not do the criminal justice system any favors when we prosecute an innocent individual .and the millions of dollars of tax payer money spent to prosecute bad cases .
We have a famous case here in Pittsburgh where 3 City of Pittsburgh firefighters died in a fire in the East Hills section of the city authorities say was set by a young man who is now fighting that conviction and I believe has a good chance he will eventually prevail because it appears to have been an accidental fire caused by a faulty natural gas line to the house not arson .
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