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Forensic Science Commission Seeks AG Ruling

By Steve Hall

Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter Yamil Berard writes, "State forensic panel seeks AG's opinion on scope of its authority." Members of the state's forensic oversight panel are asking the Texas attorney general's office to clarify whether the panel has the authority to investigate negligence or misconduct by certain Texas forensic scientists and criminal investigators.Among the questions the Texas Forensic Science Commission has posed is whether its scrutiny is limited only to labs accredited by the state Department of Public Safety, and whether the commission is prohibited from investigating forensic fields that don't involve the DPS. State law, for example, already exempts medical examiners from the commission's purview...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 10, 2011 (boomark / email).