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News Coverage of the Hood Petition

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Diane Jennings reports, "Death row inmate's lawyers request new trial, citing romance between judge and prosecutor." As expected, attorneys for death row inmate Charles Dean Hood filed a petition today seeking a new trial for the condemned killer, claiming his original trial was unfair because of the recently revealed romantic relationship between Judge Verla Sue Holland, who presided, and then District Attorney Tom O?Connell, who prosecuted the case. The petition also castigated the current district attorney, his ?minions,? and the state attorney general for their actions in the case, which has been bouncing through criminal and civil courts since Mr. Hood?s execution was called off at the eleventh hour in June. "The wall of silence that has long surrounded Judge Holland and Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 25, 2008 (boomark / email).