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Tables turned on Judge Sharon Keller and the right to counsel

Mark Bennett brilliantly dissects Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller's sworn answer to charges by the Commission on Judicial Conduct, and pulls out some gems. He writes:She spends several paragraphs reiterating the facts of Michael Richard?s case (the ?he had it coming? defense), explains that Richard was not seeking not to be executed, but rather not to be executed using the current protocol (the ?only hastening the inevitable? defense) and points the finger at Court of Criminal Appeals counsel Edward Marty and Richard?s lawyers (the ?some other dude did it? defense).Sounds like she's squirming a bit, doesn't it? Even more deliciously, writes Bennett:My second favorite part of the answer is where Judge Keller claims that ?If applied to these charges [Article 5] Section I-a(6)A [of the Texas Constitution] is unconstitutional under the United States and Texas Constitutions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 27, 2009 (boomark / email).