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Texas governor further shakes up forensics panel

HOUSTON — Gov. Rick Perry has further shaken up a state panel that was set to review a report concluding that a faulty arson investigation led to a Texas inmate's execution, naming a criminal defense attorney on Friday to fill a board vacancy and replacing one medical examiner with another.

MICHAEL GRACZYK | Houston Chronicle | Published: 10/10/2009 06:30

Lawyer Lance Evans of Fort Worth succeeds Samuel Bassett, who was told last week he wouldn't be reappointed to the Texas Forensic Science Commission.

Evans is state membership chair of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, criminal law section co-chair of the Tarrant County Bar Association and a past board member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

Perry's office also announced Friday that Randall Frost of Boerne, the chief medical examiner for Bexar County, was replacing Sridhar Natarajan, a medical examiner from Lubbock.

The two new members' terms run until Sept. 1, 2011.

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