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FSC to Meet - Willingham Not a Topic

By Steve Hall

"Texas panel to meet, but Willingham not on agenda," is the title of Jeff Carlton's AP report, via the Washington Post.A state science panel looking into a possible wrongful conviction in a Texas death penalty case is meeting for the first time since Gov. Rick Perry removed several members, but the execution case is not on the agenda. When it convenes Jan. 29 in Harlingen, the Texas Forensic Science Commission won't resume its probe into the arson finding that led to Cameron Todd Willingham's 2004 execution. Instead, the meeting will focus on formalizing procedures explaining how the group will conduct business, John Bradley, the commission's newly appointed chairman, said Thursday. The meeting is the first since July...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 22, 2010 (boomark / email).