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Sharon Keller misconduct trial more about judicial activism than the death penalty

Presiding Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller's ethics trial begins today in San Antonio. Here are previews from the Austin Statesman and the SA Express News.Unfortunately, this hearing is being portrayed by both sides of the capital punishment debate as being primarily about the death penalty, though at least prosecutors are keeping their eye on the ball. Reported the Statesman::"This isn't about whether you are for or against the death penalty. It's really about process," said Seana Willing, executive director of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which investigates allegations of wrongdoing by Texas judges.This case is about Judge Keller putting her own preferences before the court's process, ignoring the duty judge appointed to make the decision on Michael Richard's appeal and substituting her own judgment instead...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 17, 2009 (boomark / email).