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More on Harris County DA Candidate Siegler

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Lisa Falkenberg's Houston Chronicle column today is, "DA hopeful should lead by example."  Here's the beginning of her detailed report: If there are still any burning questions about what Kelly Siegler really thinks of members of Lakewood Church, I believe I have an answer. Siegler ? star prosecutor and Republican candidate for Harris County district attorney ? came under fire recently for suggesting that Lakewood members were too mentally unstable to serve on juries. She made the comment last year during jury selection in the capital murder trial of Howard Paul Guidry while defending herself against a defense attorney's claim that she eliminated a prospective juror because he was black. "To start with," Siegler told the judge, "he's a member of Lakewood Church...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 29, 2008 (boomark / email).