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Supreme Court Rejects Review of Charles Dean Hood Case

By Steve Hall

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"Supreme Court rejects appeal in case where killer's judge and Collin DA had sexual relationship," is the title of Diane Jennings post at the Dallas Morning News. The U.S. Supreme Court will not weigh in on whether a romantic relationship between a judge and a Collin County prosecutor tainted the death penalty trial of Charles Dean Hood, as his lawyers claim. Hood, 41, has been on Texas' death row since his 1990 trial for the murder of two people in Plano. The Supreme Court today declined to review Hood's case. The decision came in a one-line order issued without comment. Collin County prosecutors could not be reached for comment Andrea Keilen, director of the Texas Defender Service, which represents Hood, said in a statement that she was disheartened by the court?s decision...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 19, 2010 (boomark / email).

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