The move is the first major investigation called for by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland.

此举是美国司法部长梅里克·加兰呼吁进行的首项重大调查。

Shortly before the execution, Willingham's lawyers sent the governor and parole board a report from Gerald Hurst, another arson investigator, detailing multiple flaws in the first investigation.

处决前不久，威廉汉姆的律师像州长和假释委员会递送了另一位纵火调查人杰拉尔德·哈斯特的报告，报告详述了首次调查中的多项漏洞。

But they also had jurisdiction over American Indian reservations which is why they got jurisdiction over this case and why it became one of their first major homicide investigations.

但他们也对美洲印第安人保留地拥有管辖权，这就是为什么他们对这个案件拥有管辖权，也是为什么它成为他们的第一个重大凶杀案调查之一。