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Forensic commission should 'reconsider' rules, pull Willingham case out of stacked committee

From Dave Montgomery at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram ("Texas Forensic Science Commission to reopen discussion of Willingham case later this month," April 10) we get a few more details that appear to confirm my earlier suspicions that the "rules" newly appointed Chairman John Bradley insisted on creating for the Texas Forensic Science Commission were really a ruse to waylay the Todd Willingham investigation, postponing the Commission's results until after the next election cycle. Regular readers will recall the new chairman did not consult commissioners about the rules' drafting or even their existence, sharing them only the day before the group's last meeting and insisting that they be voted on immediately.Now we learn Mr. Bradley has assigned the Willingham inquiry to one of his newly formed committees made up of himself, the Fort Worth medical examiner, Dr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 11, 2010 (boomark / email).