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Outdated Arson Science a Factor in California Case

By Steve Hall

"Thirteen years later, an arson case begins to unravel," is the title of Maura Dolan's Los Angele Times report.  It appeared in the May 31st edition of the paper.  The evidence seemed overwhelming. Investigators determined a house fire that killed a woman and two children had been deliberately set. A witness said she had seen George Souliotes, who owned the house and was evicting the tenants, at the scene minutes before flames erupted. Forensic investigators even matched a flammable substance on Souliotes' shoes to fire debris from the Modesto house.Thirteen years later, the evidence that convicted the Greek immigrant of triple murder and sent him to prison for life without parole is beginning to unravel...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 07, 2010 (boomark / email).