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Diane Jennings Looks at the Commission on Judicial Conduct

By Steve Hall

Her report in today's Dallas Morning News is titled, "State Commission on Judicial Conduct has the job of judging Texas' judges."  It's a must-read: A judge in Houston cleans his gun during a murder trial. A Dallas judge fails to file campaign finance forms. A Waco appeals court justice unlocks his colleague's office and reads papers without permission. Who you gonna call? The State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Though many people, even lawyers, are unfamiliar with the small state agency, Texas has one of the oldest judicial oversight commissions in the country. In recent months, the commission has become better known because of its prosecution of the state's highest criminal appeals judge, Sharon Keller, for her actions in a death penalty case...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 14, 2009 (boomark / email).