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New Evidence Suggests Teenager's Conviction in Triple Homicide Arson Case Is Based on Junk Science

Amanda Gillooly, Matt Stroud, Justice Magazine. December 28, 2010.

New evidence supports Greg Brown’s claim that he did not commit arson or murder.

Texas Executed An Innocent Man

The Innocence Project, August 31, 2009.

The tragic case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was falsely accused of setting a fire that killed his children -- and then executed for it.

Who Really Set the California Fires?

Mike Davis, TomDispatch.com. November 1, 2007.

Seeing an opportunity for land development, conservative California politico Pete Wilson adds fuel to the wildfires -- and is honored for it.

Why Thomas Sweatt Set Washington on Fire

Dave Jamieson, Washington City Paper. June 8, 2007.

Thomas Sweatt torched hundreds of houses and cars in the nation's capitol to satisfy his sexual fetishes and power fantasies. Serving life in prison, the arsonist tells his story.