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USA - Texas. The changes made by Gov. Perry to the Texas Forensic Science Commission.

USA - Texas. The changes made by Gov. Perry to the Texas Forensic Science Commission.

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Here are the changes made by Gov. Rick Perry to the Texas Forensic Science Commission. REMOVED:SAM BASSETT, chairman: An Austin criminal and family-law attorney; ALAN LEVY: Heads the criminal division in the Tarrant County district attorney's office; ALIECE WATTS: A forensic scientist for a private laboratory in Euless. APPOINTED: JOHN BRADLEY, chairman: The Williamson County district attorney, named 2009 "prosecutor of the year" by the Texas District and County Attorney's Association; NORMA JEAN FARLEY: Chief forensic pathologist for Hidalgo and Cameron counties and an associate professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center College of Medicine in San Antonio. NOTE: Perry can't appoint a third replacement until he receives a recommendation from the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
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  • (sources: Wire reports, governor's office, Dallas Morning News, 01/10/2009)