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Continued Criticism of Forensic Science Commission

By Steve Hall

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"Texas lawmakers say commission dragging its feet on fatal fire probe," is the title of Yamil Berard's report in today's Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Where can you spot proof that junk science was used in the analysis of a crime?That question goes to the heart of an issue that could define the future of the Texas Forensic Science Commission.Chairman John Bradley said that the boundaries of the commission's jurisdiction are not clear. That view played into the decision to have a commission panel examine videos, court testimony and other information in the case of a Corsicana man executed for setting a house fire that killed his three children."The issue of the jurisdictional scope of the FSC is a ripe issue for discussion," Bradley wrote in an e-mail...continue to full post

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

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