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The Keller Reprimand

By Steve Hall

"Keller should accept warning," is the editorial in today's San Antonio Express-News.Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller should accept the public warning issued last month by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for blocking a condemned man's last minute appeal and move on. Voters will get the final say on whether they agree with her actions when she comes up for re-election in 2012.Instead, Keller is asking Texas Supreme Court Justice Wallace Jefferson to appoint three appeals court justices to review and determine whether the warning was justified. And:Keller's actions on Sept. 25, 2007, were unbecoming a member of the judiciary. She was lucky to get off as lightly as she did. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct should have removed her from office...continue to full post

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