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Forensic Science Commission wants to hear from arson experts, rebuffs Bradley

I just rolled back into Austin this afternoon, still a little jet lagged, to find that the Todd Willingham saga at the Texas Forensic Science Commission has continued to heat up in my absence. Chairman and Williamson County DA John Bradley was snubbed by his fellow commission members, who insisted on hearing from experts hired by the state before rejecting their conclusions out of hand in a draft prepared by Bradley and commission staff.Rodger Jones at the Dallas News has a story titled, "Bradley loses, forensic panel will call experts," which sums up today's meeting well. Jeff Carlton at AP writes that "The commission is balking at approving a report that says investigators weren't at fault in determining that arson was responsible for a 1991 house fire that killed three girls in Corsicana...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 17, 2010 (boomark / email).