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Commission approves panel to review Mary Jane Burton cases; adds Attorney General pending ethics opinion
Summary
The Crime Commission approved legislation to create an independent panel to review cases involving forensic examiner Mary Jane Burton and adopted an amendment to add the Office of the Attorney General as a panel member if the State Bar finds no conflict of interest.
The Virginia Crime Commission voted to create a review panel to examine cases that involved forensic examiner Mary Jane Burton, including cases in which affected individuals are incarcerated, executed, exonerated or otherwise potentially impacted by Burton's testimony.
Commission staff described the proposed panel as a multidisciplinary body charged with determining whether Burton engaged in a pattern of misconduct and assessing the accuracy of her testing and testimony. The panel's membership set out in…
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