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El Paso Fires County's Medical Examiner

By Steve Hall

Dr. Paul Shrode's inflated resume already had him in hot water.  His work in an Ohio death penalty case was the tipping point.The El Paso Times reports, "County fires Chief Medical Examiner Paul Shrode: Ohio Parole Board's ruling spurs decision."  It's written by Marty Schladen. A majority of the County Commissioners Court stuck by Chief Medical Examiner Paul Shrode through three conflicting résumés and more than two years of questions about his credibility. All that changed Monday when court members fired Shrode on a 3-1 vote.They acted after the Ohio Parole Board voted 4-3 last week to recommend clemency for a death-row inmate, citing problems with testimony Shrode gave against him in 1997.County Judge Anthony Cobos and Commissioners Anna Perez and Veronica Escobar voted to dismiss Shrode immediately...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 25, 2010 (boomark / email).