This is an affidavit signed by Becky Edwards, a key witness in the 1997 trial of five defendants charged in an arson that caused the death six Kansas City firefighters. In the affidavit, Edwards says she was intimidated by federal investigators and made false statements in the case.
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The Kansas City Firefighters Case and the Railroading of the Marlborough Five
J. Patrick O'Connor
On the night of November 29, 1988, near the impoverished Marlborough neighborhood in south Kansas City, an explosion at a construction site killed six of the city’s firefighters. It was a clear case of arson, and five people from Marlborough were duly convicted of the crime. But for veteran crime writer and crusading editor J. Patrick O’Connor, the facts—or a lack of them—didn’t add up. Justice on Fire is OConnor’s detailed account of the terrible explosion that led to the firefighters’ deaths and the terrible injustice that followed. Available at KU Press and Amazon
