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Keller Drags Texas Through the Mud

By Steve Hall

That's the title of an editorial in today's Austin American-Statesman, as proceedings by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct against the Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge begins today.  LINKNo matter the outcome of the hearing scheduled to begin today that could end in sanctions against embattled Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Chief Justice Sharon Keller, her already battered reputation will be pounded some more. While the judge's many detractors will find some satisfaction in that, the Texas way of administering criminal justice also will take a beating. A politician's reputation is insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but if a society claims to be one based on law, then its justice system is only as good as the confidence in it...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 17, 2009 (boomark / email).