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Dallas Morning News endorses Judge Robert Francis for CCA

By "Persian Cowboy"

Today Dallas Morning News endorsed Judge Robert Francis in the March 4 GOP primary for the Place 4 appeals court seat currently held by Judge Paul Womack. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals certainly gets a lot of press ? very little of it good. Texas Monthly calls it "Texas' Worst Court." The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned many of its rulings in death penalty cases. And last fall, the nine-member panel became a national scandal when inmate Michael Richard went to his execution because Presiding Judge Sharon Keller refused his rushed request for a stay, telling his lawyers the court's office closes at 5. Also Online Voter Guide: Comparing Judge Robert Francis and Judge Paul Womack Judge Robert Francis, a Coppell resident who has served on criminal district court in Dallas since 1997, says somebody on that panel ought to have been outraged enough to speak out and vow to reform the process...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on February 12, 2008 (boomark / email).