New science being used to fight arson convictions
ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
AP Legal Affairs Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A death row inmate in Ohio is hoping the state parole board will give him the chance to argue that a mysterious "man in red" could have started the arson fire that killed his 3-year-old son.
Michael Webb Webb doesn't dispute the 1990 blaze was arson, but he denies starting it and says investigators using now-discredited methods came to the wrong conclusion about where in the house the flames broke out. He says the correct determination points to someone else as the culprit.
Investigators say Webb set the fire to kill his family, collect the insurance and start a new life with his mistress.
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