Beyond The Broken Spectrum

Just months before the controversial removal of three members of a state commission investigating the forensics that led to a Texas man’s 2004 execution, top aides to Gov. Rick Perry tried to pressure the chairman of the panel over the direction of the inquiry, the chairman has told the Chicago Tribune.

Samuel Bassett, whom Perry replaced on the Texas Forensic Science Commission two weeks ago, said he was twice called to meetings with Perry’s top attorneys. At one of those meetings, he was told that they were unhappy with the course of the commission’s investigation.

“I was surprised that they were involving themselves in the commission’s decision-making,” said Bassett, a lawyer who practices criminal defense and family law in Austin. “I did feel some pressure from them, yes. There’s no question about that.” Star Telegram

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