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More Editorial Criticism of Judge Keller

By Steve Hall

"Tarnished justice: Misconduct trial of Judge Keller depicts a court of confusion," is the title of the Houston Chronicle editorial from the Sunday edition.Being Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller apparently means never having to say you're sorry, even if your actions have brought worldwide scorn upon the state's highest criminal court.At the core of a five-count complaint by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct is the charge that Keller violated established court procedure by refusing to keep the court clerk's office open past 5 p.m. on Sept. 25, 2007, to accept a last-minute stay of execution request by lawyers for death row inmate Michael Richard, a convicted rapist and murderer. As a result, he was executed as scheduled that evening in Huntsville...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 31, 2009 (boomark / email).