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17 Nov 2011, 12:45 pm by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above. [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 12:45 pm by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above. [read post]
11 Nov 2011, 10:40 am by Mike Underwood
Relying heavily on public support for police officers, fire fighters, and teachers, opponents of S.B. 5 marshaled substantial financial and other resources to achieve a sweeping victory in the election. [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 2:16 pm by Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU
Junk Fire Science: Too Scary to be Believed In a sign of hope for people imprisoned for arson in Texas, a report issued last Friday by the Texas Forensic Science Commission included a commitment from the state fire marshal's office, which will partner with the Innocence Project of Texas, to identify and reinvestigate old arson cases that may have been built on the same faulty "fire science" that led to the wrongful execution… [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 8:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Peerwani has been working with the State Fire Marshal's Office and my employers at the Innocence Project of Texas to develop a methodology and protocols for such a review.To truly reach its full potential, though, the Forensic Science Commission needs the Legislature to clean up its jurisdictional authority. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 3:07 pm by Brian Stull, Capital Punishment Project
But in a hopeful silver lining for people imprisoned for arson in Texas, the report included a commitment from the state fire marshal's office, which will partner with the Innocence Project of Texas, to identify and reinvestigate old arson cases that may have been built on the same faulty "fire science" that spelled Willingham's demise. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 8:14 am by Steve Hall
The State Fire Marshall's Office has agreed to scrutinize forensics in cases where determinations that fires were deliberately set led to an arson conviction or a murder by arson conviction. [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 12:34 pm
The Florida Fire Marshal's Office reports that the daily average for residential fires in Florida is 209. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 1:14 am by SOIssues
Their investigation led to the arrests of the Nichols Friday night, and the sheriff's office fired deputy Nichols. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 9:25 am by Michael Reiter, Attorney at Law
City Attorney Prince stated that presently there are 26 open cases in the City Attorney’s Office and they are all assigned out to attorneys in the office and outside counsel. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 12:35 pm by Steve Hall
  Willingham was convicted of murder for killing his three daughters in a late 1991 house fire after a prosecution based almost entirely on a forensic fire analysis performed by an assistant fire chief and a state deputy fire marshal in the days after the blaze. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 3:19 pm
Here's a roundup of this week's forensics news: While the Texas Forensic Science Commission has been limited in its work on the Willingham case by the Attorney General, their draft report has encouraged the state Fire Marshal's office to agree to its recommendation for a retroactive review of cases in which advances in forensic science cast doubt on earlier findings.Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Minnesota man who served six years in… [read post]
15 Sep 2011, 3:37 pm
Here's a roundup of this week's forensics news: As a result of the Texas Forensic Science Commission's investigation into the outdated arson investigation methods used by the State Fire Marshall's Office in the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, the State Fire Marshall has agreed to a review of past arson investigations.A fire investigator explains the changes in fire investigation methods since the… [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 6:30 pm by Rumpole
The City of Miami fired its police chief, while the Regional Counsel hasn't fired anyone in days. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 6:20 pm
By Stephen Saloom, Innocence Project Policy DirectorFollowing last week's meetings of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, the state Fire Marshal's office has agreed to review past arson investigations to determine if convictions were obtained using bad or outdated forensics. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 2:53 pm by Walter Reaves
A supposed bright spot is the decision by the State Fire Marshall's office to review old cases. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 11:03 am by Steve Hall
Stephen Saloom, policy director for the national organization, said he was pleased that the review would take place but was disappointed the commission did not take stronger action against the fire marshal’s office. [read post]
10 Sep 2011, 6:48 pm by Rumpole
And then lose in the playoffs, probably to the Steelers or Patriots. 6) Here's what happens when you send amateurs to do a professional's job: In Miami at Regional Counsel they fired two extraordinarily talented and respected lawyers on the eve of a re-trial of a man who murdered a police officer in 1977; In Jacksonville they release the starting quarterback after the end of all pre-season games and name a QB who hasn't started since 2008 or something ridiculous… [read post]