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Judge Holland?s Shockingly High Recusal Rate Warrants Full Investigation into Alleged Affair with D.A

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That's the title of a statement issued this morning by Texas Defender Service, which is representing Charles Hood in his battle to question former judge Verla Sue Holland and former prosecutor Tom O'Connell.  The most recent pleading filed in the case is in the Breaking News Documents in the right column.  Here's the TDS statement on the pleadings:Attorneys for Charles Dean Hood filed an Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Motion for Stay of Execution (attached) today in the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas with new data indicating that his rights to an impartial judge and a fair trial were violated in his capital murder trial.  During her tenure as a judge on the CCA (from 1997 to 2001), Verla Sue Holland recused herself from four out of every five cases from Collin County, where she is alleged to have had a romantic relationship with District Attorney Thomas O?Connell...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 08, 2008 (boomark / email).