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New shenanigans on arson investigation at forensic commission

Barry Scheck of the national Innocence Project and Todd Willingham's cousin have an op ed in the Houston Chronicle accusing Forensic Science Commission Chair and Williamson County DA John Bradley of more shenanigans aiming to prevent a re-assessment of science in old arson cases. They write:Last week, after closed meetings that may violate the Texas Open Meetings Act, Bradley sent out an unsigned legal memo instructing commissioners that they have a ?relatively narrow investigative jurisdiction.?Employing ?Catch-22? logic, he claimed that commissioners lack the ?discretion or power? to investigate evidence that was not from a laboratory accredited by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) ? which, as it happens, did not accredit labs before 2003, years after the Willingham fire...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 21, 2010 (boomark / email).