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Scientists school forensic commission chair on difference between 'legal' and 'right'

Continuing with our theme of Flawed Forensic Science Week, check out this notable article from Houston Chronicle columnist Rick Casey regarding Texas' Forensic Science Commission, observing that scientists among the group have rebelled against Chairman John Bradley "in a showdown between science and politics" concerning old arson cases - a conflict in which science, for once, "won a resounding victory." Casey was particularly gratified, as is your correspondent, that scientists on the commission are insisting on addressing the question of:whether the State Fire Marshal's Office has a responsibility to notify law enforcement officials, district attorneys, judges and the governor when it discovers that people have been (and are being) convicted on faulty science...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 04, 2010 (boomark / email).