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Ellis: DA used forensic chairmanship to 'seize power,' 'thwart the will' of the commission, 'hide' its work from the public, increase 'bureaucratic bloat,' and 'slow its impressive progress to a crawl.' Otherwise he's doing great

State Sen. Rodney Ellis sent out a press release yesterday asking his fellow senators to reject Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley's nomination as chair of the Forensic Science Commission.  Failure of leadership at Texas Forensic Science Commission Raises Concerns   (Austin, Texas)//Senator Rodney Ellis (D-Houston) today urged the Texas Senate to reject the nomination of Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley for the remainder of his term as Chair of the Texas Forensic Science Commission.  The Senate Nominations committee voted 4-2 to send Mr. Bradley's nomination for consideration by the full Senate.   "The Legislature created the Forensic Science Commission to ensure we have forensic evidence we can trust in our courtrooms --in order to increase public safety and the public faith in justice system," said Senator Ellis...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 01, 2011 (boomark / email).