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Sessions & White on the Hood Case

By Steve Hall

Former Federal Judge and FBI Director William Sessions and former Governor Mark White both urged the Supreme Court to review the Charles Dean Hood.  They reacted to the Court's refusal to examine the case through a news release from the Constitution Project.?We are disappointed that the Supreme Court today refused to hear Mr. Hood?s case. It means that the manifest unfairness that occurred in Mr. Hood?s case will remain unaddressed by any court, and the injustice will go unremedied. The relationship between the judge and prosecutor in this case breached every standard of fairness that we rightfully expect from our country?s criminal justice system, casting grave doubt on the impartiality of the trial in this case and tarnishing the reputation of the judiciary and our criminal justice system as a whole...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 20, 2010 (boomark / email).