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Austin American-Statesman reporter Chuck Lindell posts Keller File #2 on the paper's Focal Point blog, "Why wasn't the right judge called?"  Here's an extended excerpt:One Court of Criminal Appeals judge needed to be told that death row inmate Michael Richard was asking for more time to file an appeal on the night of his scheduled execution. That was Judge Cheryl Johnson, not Presiding Judge Sharon Keller. Let?s review: Keller says she arrived at work at 6 a.m. and left in the afternoon to meet a repairman at her house on the day in 2007 when Richard was to be executed for the rape and murder of Marguerite Dixon, a 53-year-old mother of seven. Around 4:45 p.m., a paralegal for Richard?s lawyers called the Court of Criminal Appeals clerk?s office to ask the court to stay open for ?about 20 minutes? past 5 p...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 01, 2009 (boomark / email).