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"Texas judge faces public hearing for conduct over 2007 death-penalty appeal"

"Texas judge faces public hearing for conduct over 2007 death-penalty appeal": Today's edition of The Dallas Morning News contains an article that begins, "The top judge of Texas' highest criminal court was told Thursday that she'll have to publicly defend her 2007 decision to close the court at 5 p.m. rather than allow a last-minute appeal in the case of a man executed later that night. Sharon Keller, the presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, will have to justify her conduct -- and possibly fight for her job -- in a rare public hearing ordered by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct."

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports today that "Texas' top criminal judge's job on the line for death penalty case."

The Houston Chronicle reports that "State panel opens case over last-minute appeal." In addition, columnist Rick Casey has an essay entitled "A judge who should hope for mercy."

And Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman reports that "Judge faces ethics trial; Trial to consider Keller's role in after-hours death row appeal."

Full post as published by How Appealing on February 20, 2009 (boomark / email).