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Civil Suit Against CCA Presiding Judge Keller Dismissed

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"Keller Immune to Justice," is Jordan Smith's report in the Austin Chronicle.According to federal district Judge Lee Yeakel's ruling last week, Court of Criminal Appeals presiding Judge Sharon Keller enjoys "judicial immunity," which insulates her from being sued for violating the civil rights of an executed inmate. "Judicial immunity is immunity from suit, not just damages, and therefore applies despite allegations of malice or corruption," Yeakel wrote. And, indeed, there were plenty of allegations of malice and corruption to be found in the lawsuit filed last fall by the family of executed inmate Michael Richard. On Sept. 25, 2007, Keller closed the courthouse door, blocking Richard's 11th-hour appeal challenging the constitutionality of the trichemical lethal injection method...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on October 09, 2008 (boomark / email).