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Forensic Science Commission to Meet April 23

By Steve Hall

Dave Montgomery reports, "Texas Forensic Science Commission to reopen discussion of Willingham case this month," for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.  It's a must-read; here are several excerpts: After months of delay and internal upheaval, the revamped Texas Forensic Science Commission is poised to reopen discussion of the Cameron Todd Willingham case when it meets April 23 in Irving. Tarrant County Medical Examiner Nizam Peerwani, appointed to the panel in December, is likely to play a central role in the inquiry to determine whether a flawed arson investigation led to Willingham's execution in 2004. The commission also includes two other members from Fort Worth: defense attorney Lance Evans and Jay Arthur Eisenberg, a professor and chairman of the department of forensic and investigative genetics at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 12, 2010 (boomark / email).