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FSC Chair John Bradley Skips Legislative Oversight Hearing

By Steve Hall

"The Inquisition," is the title of Morgan Smith's report in the Texas Tribune.Lawmakers on Wednesday issued a public rebuke to the Texas Forensic Science Commission, but the commission's embattled chair wasn?t around to hear it.The knuckle-rapping came at an interim hearing of the House Public Safety Committee, whose members were clearly piqued at the conspicuous absence of John Bradley, the commission's newly appointed head, and Leigh Tomlin, its administrative coordinator.Ninety minutes of back-and-forth covered the besieged agency?s non-existent enforcement power, lack of written procedural guidelines and public records policy. On hand to receive the grilling were two current members of the commission, Garry Adams and Sarah Kerrigan, and one former member, Aliece Watts ? all of whom stopped short of defending Bradley under pointed questioning from committee chair Tommy Merritt, R-Longview and others...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 08, 2010 (boomark / email).