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CCA Election News

By Steve Hall

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Today's Dallas Morning News carries the editorial, "We recommend Hampton for Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6." Three seats on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals are up for election this year. The Court of Criminal Appeals is the highest criminal court in the state, hearing criminal appeals ? including death penalty appeals. Judges serve six-year terms. We are recommending in the only race being contested by both major parties.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has developed a reputation as a court that turns its back on verdicts that need a second or third look.It's easy to see why. Seven of the nine judges have backgrounds as prosecutors, and the presiding judge once campaigned as "pro-prosecutor." Court-watchers recite a list of marquee cases of failed justice...continue to full post

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

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