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In the Aftermath of the Simpson Execution

By Steve Hall

Chuck Lindell writes,"Questions about late death penalty appeal," for today's Austin American-Statesman. Lawyer David Dow was called before the state Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday to explain why he blew a court-imposed deadline by filing an appeal within 48 hours of his client's execution. The inmate, Danielle Simpson, was executed Nov. 18, but those particulars weren't the main reason a small crowd gathered in the Capitol-area courtroom where the state's highest criminal court normally toils in obscurity. Dow drew an audience because of his role in another late appeal on behalf of convicted murderer Michael Richard, whose 2007 case resulted in misconduct charges that are pending against the court's presiding judge, Sharon Keller...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 03, 2009 (boomark / email).