tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post4134733272051995682..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Ellis: DA used forensic chairmanship to 'seize power,' 'thwart the will' of the commission, 'hide' its work from the public, increase 'bureaucratic bloat,' and 'slow its impressive progress to a crawl.' Otherwise he's doing greatGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5874913555966667652011-03-02T17:54:00.527-06:002011-03-02T17:54:00.527-06:00I sincerely hope the Senate will do the right thin...I sincerely hope the Senate will do the right thing and boot Bradley. Anyone who knows of the pain and suffering Bradley and his good ole boys have needlessly inflicted on Williamson County people (innocent) all in the sake of appearing "tough on crime" know he isn't fit to hold any position of power. Bradley should be looked at under a microscope. Everything he has touched or influenced should be questioned. Getting to know Bradley has been a rude awakening for someone who once believed in the system.<br /><br />By allowing Bradley to continue as chairman of this committee is reinforcing in Bradley's mind that he is just and he is righteous. He is neither.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29382858860351956432011-03-01T22:26:57.950-06:002011-03-01T22:26:57.950-06:00Mr Ellis - thank you!! You nailed this just right...Mr Ellis - thank you!! You nailed this just right. Isn't it strange that Mr. Bradley used almost the exact same words to describe Willingham and Mr. Perry used to a reporter?? “Willingham is a guilty monster,” - hmmm, makes you wonder where he's getting his instructions from? It sure looks like it's from that dude know as The Gov in that $10,000 a month - or is it $12,000 with the extras - rental mansion? Take the man at his word - "i don't know anything about it". The only thing he knows about it is what Perry tells him.David RDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55284500659398341912011-03-01T17:01:43.084-06:002011-03-01T17:01:43.084-06:00Let's not forget the greatest reason for rejec...Let's not forget the greatest reason for rejecting John Bradley -- he lied.<br /><br />On 02/28/2011, John Bradley told the Senate Committee on Nominations that there were only 2 pending complaints for investigation by the Forensic Science Commission when he was appointed to the Chair -- the Willingham case and the Moon case.<br /><br />There were in fact 3 complaints. ( cf. Senate Committee on Criminal Justice versus John Bradley, 11/10/2009, approximately 50 minutes into the meeting, http://www.senate.state.tx.us/avarchive/ramav.php?ram=00004541 )<br /><br />Not mentioned by John Bradley was the anonymous complaint 09-15 submitted to the FSC on 3/16/2009, and accepted for investigation by the FSC in May 2009.<br /><br />(The third complaint accepted by the FSC mentioned by Mr. Bradley was in reference to the complaint against the Austin Police Department from July 2010.)<br /><br />Mr. Bradley also stated that the FSC was not to interpret the rule of law as "anything they want at anytime". However, this interpretation was apparently not a concern whey they abated investigation of complaint 09-15 (18 months after receiving the complaint) pending the disposition of a single, unrelated civil proceeding. The Texas Code of Criminal Procedures 38.01 does not list "abatement" as a legal, or appropriate, action for a FSC investigation into a complaint of scientific misconduct. No other complaints have had such postponement (e.g. investigation of the Willingham case was not abated in light of Judge Baird's Court of Inquiry in Austin.)<br /><br />One can speculate that anonymous complaint 09-15 was not mentioned by Mr. Bradley because it was not submitted to the FSC by the Innocence Project, a corporation/conflict of interest/scapegoat argument used by Mr. Bradley for muddying of an investigation poised against Senator Ellis (and Innocence Project Board Chair).<br /><br />Complaint 09-15 was submitted by a group of forensic analysts from inside the crime lab in question -- arguably, the best witnesses of scientific misconduct.<br /><br />The concerns of the forensic analysts have yet to be addressed.<br /><br />The problems within the crime lab have yet to be rectified.<br /><br />-SCPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87177218878218151062011-03-01T14:10:09.539-06:002011-03-01T14:10:09.539-06:00I agree with you Charles. Grits is fond of saying ...I agree with you Charles. Grits is fond of saying "never say never" so I will say it's improbable that Herr Bradley will not be reappointed to his coveted post.<br /><br />This cover-up of the murder of Willingham is on the hands of all of these people, collectively, who will decide this matter.Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-28702572806846333712011-03-01T14:06:18.345-06:002011-03-01T14:06:18.345-06:00No doubt Senator Ellis nailed this. But I'll s...No doubt Senator Ellis nailed this. But I'll stand by my prediction of party line confirmation. I'll be glad if I'm proved wrong, and if somebody'll send me a crow sandwich, I'll try to eat it!<br /><br />Charles in TuliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-62483757295350453862011-03-01T12:09:29.148-06:002011-03-01T12:09:29.148-06:00Rodney Ellis nailed this. We'll see though. I ...Rodney Ellis nailed this. We'll see though. I am not holding my breath!Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-42314199368785441522011-03-01T12:02:52.540-06:002011-03-01T12:02:52.540-06:00Our dearest thanks to Governor Perry for appointin...Our dearest thanks to Governor Perry for appointing this clown.Robert Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497658569363397644noreply@blogger.com