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Ethicists Weigh in on Judge Sharon Keller's Case

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That's the title of Diane Jennings' latest post at the Dallas Morning News Crime blog.  LINKTwo dozen legal ethicists from across the country have called for Sharon Keller, presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to be removed from office. Keller is facing a hearing on misconduct charges later this year for her actions in the death row case of Michael Richard. The "declaration" says the ethicists are not "finders of fact" but that their opinion is Keller has "violated judicial ethics" because of her lack of impartiality and failure to recuse herself and her "dishonesty in her financial reporting and her dishonesty in her attempt to obtain money from the State of Texas." The Dallas Morning News' Steve McGonigle reported last month that Keller failed to report millions of dollars in financial assets after telling the State Commission on Judicial Conduct that she deserved financial assistance to handle her case because it would be "financially ruinous" for her otherwise...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).