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Texas Civil Rights Project on the Keller Findings

By Steve Hall

Jim Harrington, Director of the Texas Civil Rights Project has issued a statement on Judge Berchelmann?s Findings.  Harrington was one of the Texas attorneys who originally filed a complaint against Judge Keller with the Commission on Judicial Conduct."The decision of the Master, a retired judge, not to recommend any discipline, even a reprimand, for Judge Sharon Keller's role in the premature execution of Michael Richard, is stunning and reprehensible. "This is all the more egregious in view of the Master's finding that Judge Keller's conduct was 'not exemplary of a public servant,' 'highly questionable,' unreasonable, and something that 'many in the legal community are not proud of.' "The Master's decision sends a message that, in effect, judges are above the law and face no consequence, except embarrassment, when they do not abide by fundamental constitutional principles -- and due process is one of our most fundamental rights, especially when a person's life is at issue...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 21, 2010 (boomark / email).