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Second Sharon Keller Incident Reported to Commission on Judicial Conduct

By "Persian Cowboy"

According to the Dallas Morning News, Judge Sharon Keller might have been involved in another misconduct, this time over the case of Larry Swearingen who has a strong claims of innocence.By STEVE McGONIGLE / The Dallas Morning NewsJust weeks before the presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals was charged with "willful and persistent conduct" that discredited the judiciary, she was involved in a second incident in which lawyers for a condemned man were initially blocked from filing a last-minute appeal.Judge Sharon Keller, a former Dallas prosecutor, was called shortly after the court's general counsel and a clerk refused to formally accept legal filings requesting a halt to the execution of Larry Swearingen, a well-placed source told The Dallas Morning News...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on March 11, 2009 (boomark / email).