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By "Persian Cowboy"

"Postponed Justice" is the title of Jillian Sheridan's editorial in the Daily Texan.The Texas Senate Committee on Criminal Justice held a hearing yesterday to talk with the Texas Forensic Science Commission?s new chairman, John Bradley. They discussed, among other things, whether or not Bradley is serving as a political pawn for Gov. Rick Perry and whether Bradley plans to resurrect the commission?s controversial investigation into the science used to convict and execute Cameron Todd Willingham. Perry appointed Bradley to the commission this fall, abruptly replacing his former appointees two days before the commission was set to hear a report from nationally recognized arson expert Craig Beyler. Austin criminal defense attorney Sam Bassett, the forensic science commission?s former chairman, says the commission has paid Beyler approximately $30,000 to review the science used in Willingham?s case, according to the publication Texas Lawyer...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on November 11, 2009 (boomark / email).