Thursday, April 8, 2010

Lawmakers challenge Forensic Science Commission chairman's priorities

AUSTIN – State lawmakers suggested Wednesday that the prosecutor Gov. Rick Perry placed in charge of the Texas Forensic Science Commission is doing more to impede cases than investigate them.


The chairman, Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley, has concentrated on clarifying the forensic commission's policies and procedures and putting them into a manual rather than holding hearings on a death-penalty case that has raised questions about arson convictions statewide, members of the House Public Safety Committee charged. Hoppe reports.

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