HB 1068, 79th R.S.
Relating to the collection and analysis of evidence and testimony based on forensic analysis, crime laboratory accreditation, DNA testing, and the creation and maintenance of DNA records; providing a penalty.
Letter to Chairman John Bradley, Texas Forensic Science Commission, clarifying the legislative history and jurisdiction of the Commission. Memorandum on the jurisdiction of the Forensic Science Commission ('drafted, reviewed, and edited...by 2 members of the FSC who are lawyers, counsel for the Attorney General's Office, the Office of Court Administration and the Department of Public Safety'). The top seven under-publicized bills. Lack of money, members stalled launch of crime lab commission. The price of innocence. The Texas Forensic Science Commission: Oversight and the road map to admissibility of forensic evidence in Texas. |
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