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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Deserves Sanction

By Steve Hall

That's the title of an editorial in today's Fort Worth Star-Telegram on CCA Presiding Judge Sharon Keller and next week's hearing by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct.  LINKAt best, the events of Sept. 25, 2007, at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals were a series of miscommunications that unintentionally ? but most certainly ? thwarted usual procedures for last-minute appeals in a death penalty case involving an imminent execution.At worst, there was deliberate indifference to protocol and to fair legal process.At the very least, the episode cast aspersions on the Texas judiciary and Texas criminal justice.The hearing on ethics charges against Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller, scheduled to start Monday in San Antonio, can be valuable if it provides a cleansing light on the court and its operations...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 11, 2009 (boomark / email).