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A Canard

By Shawn Matlock

So yesterday in a district court in Dallas, a day's worth of testimony revealed what many believed to be true. The email is fake. It appears everyone involved in the investigation of Judge Elizabeth Berry's alleged racist email believed the email was counterfeit and not authored either by Judge Berry or on her computer. As a result, attorney Lesa Pamplin withdrew her recusal motion against Judge Berry. As you might recall, it had previously been alleged that Judge Berry of Criminal District Court No. 3 had sent a racial email to her court reporter Judy Miller. The email was alleged to concern another court reporter in the courthouse. Judge Berry had steadfastly said that she did not author or send the email. Despite this denial, several members of the Tarrant County Black Bar Association issued a press release condemning Judge Berry...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on April 25, 2008 (boomark / email).