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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Will Now Accept Emergency E-Mail Filings in Death Penalty Cases

By Paul M. Bush

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Chron.com reports: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said Tuesday it will accept emergency e-mail filings in death penalty cases in an effort to avoid a repeat of the nationally controversial execution of Michael Richard.
 
Richard was executed Sept. 25 after Presiding Judge Sharon Keller ordered the court clerk's office to close promptly at 5 p.m., even though Richard's lawyers had asked for more time to file an appeal after having some computer problems.
 
Three other judges on the panel said later they were available that evening and could have handled Richard's appeal had they known about it.
 
 

Full post as published by Electronic Filing and Court Record Retrieval News on November 07, 2007 (boomark / email).

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