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Month: April 2010

Dallas Morning News Editorial says Forensic Panels Should Hold Public Open Meetings

The Dallas Morning News has an editorial today saying that the Texas Forensic Science Commission should hold public meetings of all of its committees, including the committee dealing with the Todd Willingham investigation. We agree and after last Friday’s meeting, Texas Moratorium Network started an online petition to allow the public to contact FSC Chair John Bradley and other members of the Commission to urge them to hold public meetings. Click here to sign the petition, which sends an email to the Commission every time someone signs. Today’s DMN Editorial: The Texas Forensic Science Commission has taken a step forward andContinue readingDallas Morning News Editorial says Forensic Panels Should Hold Public Open Meetings

Sign Email Petition: “I support public meetings of all committees of the Texas Forensic Science Commission”

Please add your name to the list of people urging Chair Bradley and other members of the Texas Forensic Science Commission to make all of its committee meetings open to the public and the media. The “Investigative Committee on the Willingham/Willis Case” of the Texas Forensic Science Commission is holding secret, private, closed door meetings without any public notice to discuss the Cameron Todd Willingham investigation. Other committees of the TFSC are also being held in secret. Since the four-person Willingham/Willis committee does not form a quorum of the entire nine member Commission, it is not subject to the Open MeetingsContinue readingSign Email Petition: “I support public meetings of all committees of the Texas Forensic Science Commission”

Urge Texas Forensic Science Commission to Hold Public Meetings in Todd Willingham Case

Start a Petition » The “Investigative Committee on the Willingham/Willis Case” of the Texas Forensic Science Commission is holding secret, private, closed door meetings without any public notice to discuss the Cameron Todd Willingham investigation. Other committees of the TFSC are also being held in secret. Since the four-person Willingham/Willis committee does not form a quorum of the entire nine member Commission, it is not subject to the Open Meetings Act — which means it can legally deliberate in secret. However, the members of the Commission can vote to make all meetings public and to follow the rules of theContinue readingUrge Texas Forensic Science Commission to Hold Public Meetings in Todd Willingham Case

Watch Live Web Broadcast of Forensic Science Commission Meeting Today

The Texas Forensic Science Commission meeting on April 23 will be streamed live on the website of the Innocence Project.  Click on this link to go to a page on the IP site during the meeting to watch it live beginning at 9:30 AM Friday, April 23. For background information on the Todd Willingham case, visit www.camerontoddwillingham.com. Click here to join the Texas Moratorium Network Facebook page. The Texas Forensic Science Commission has posted its agenda for its meeting in Irving, Texas on April 23, 2010 at the Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas, 221 E. Las Colinas Blvd, Irving, Texas (Map and directions). TheContinue readingWatch Live Web Broadcast of Forensic Science Commission Meeting Today

Public Comment Period at Next Meeting of Texas Forensic Science Commission April 23 in Dallas Area

The Texas Forensic Science Commission has posted its agenda for its meeting in Irving, Texas on April 23, 2010 at the Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas, 221 E. Las Colinas Blvd, Irving, Texas (Map and directions). The meeting starts at 9:30 AM, but is expected to last all day and the public comment period will be at the end of the meeting. The agenda includes a period to accept comments from the public, although the proposed new rules on public comments say that the public comment period may be eliminated, reduced or postponed “if deemed necessary due to timeContinue readingPublic Comment Period at Next Meeting of Texas Forensic Science Commission April 23 in Dallas Area

Texas Forensic Science Commission to Discuss Todd Willingham Case at Meeting April 23

  The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is reporting that the Texas Forensic Science Commission will reopen discussion of the Todd Willingham case at its meeting April 23 in Irving. The meeting will be held at the: Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas 221 E. Las Colinas Blvd. Irving, TX 75039 From the Star-Telegram: 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 centralContinue readingTexas Forensic Science Commission to Discuss Todd Willingham Case at Meeting April 23

Lawmakers Issue Public Rebuke of Texas Forensic Science Commission

The Inquisition | The Texas Tribune by Morgan Smith April 8, 2010 text size A A A Enlargephoto by: Caleb Bryant Miller From left to right: Garry Adams, Sarah Kerrigan, and Aliece Watts at the House Public Safety Committee hearing. Lawmakers on Wednesday issued a public rebuke to the Texas Forensic Science Commission, but the commission’s embattled chair wasn’t around to hear it. The knuckle-rapping came at an interim hearing of the House Public Safety Committee, whose members were clearly piqued at the conspicuous absence of John Bradley, the commission’s newly appointed head, and Leigh Tomlin, its administrative coordinator. Ninety minutes of back-and-forthContinue readingLawmakers Issue Public Rebuke of Texas Forensic Science Commission