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Paul Burka on Keller

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"The NYT gets it right," is Paul Burka's latest post at his Texas Monthly Burka Blog.The New York Times this morning endorsed Lon Burnam?s impeachment resolution against Sharon Keller, the Criminal Court of Appeals judge who refused to keep the court?s office open for a half hour when an lawyer for a death row defendant pleaded for extra time to complete an appeal. Putting aside Burnam?s dubious agenda from session to session, this time, the Times got it right. Noting that there is a controversy about what transpired the day Michael Richard was executed, it?s time the state of Texas got  to the bottom of the matter.  As the Times argues:AndThe Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct has been sitting on a complaint against Keller filed over the Richards case for over a year...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 19, 2009 (boomark / email).