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Keller may face criminal prosecution over ethics disclosure violations

Having now had an opportunity to read the Ethics Commission's ruling where they fined Presiding Judge Sharon Keller of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals $100,000 for failing to disclose a vast web of financial entanglements. See the ruling (pdf). Several items in particular stood out.First, part of the reason for the large fine is that Keller allegedly committed multiple misdemeanors - a baker's dozen, to be exact. And it might have been more except there's a two-year statute of limitations on what violations the TEC may consider when punishing criminal violations.According to the ruling, "Ethics Commission rules prohibit the commission from considering an allegation barred from criminal prosecution by operation of the applicable statute of limitation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 04, 2010 (boomark / email).