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Lon Burnam Files Resolution to Impeach Sharon Keller

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"Fort Worth lawmaker seeks impeachment of appeals court presiding judge," is Alex Branch's report in today's Fort Worth Star-Telegram.State Rep. Lon Burnam filed a resolution Monday calling for the impeachment of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals? presiding judge, who in 2007 refused to extend the court?s business hours while a condemned inmate?s attorneys prepared an appeal.Michael Richard was executed Sept. 25, 2007, after Presiding Judge Sharon Keller closed the court at 5 p.m. despite his attorneys? request that the court stay open an extra 20 minutes.Keller could not be reached at her office late Monday afternoon. Most state offices were closed Monday for Presidents Day. Burnam, D-Fort Worth, said he filed the resolution, which alleges gross neglect of duty, after he got no response from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to letters demanding action against Keller...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 17, 2009 (boomark / email).