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Hockley Sheriff removed from office by jury after civil trial

Using a mechanism I didn't know existed until recently, the Hockley County Sheriff was removed from office last week after a civil trial in which jurors found him incompetent. Reported AP:The 12 jurors deliberated less than three hours before 10 answered 'yes' to three of 17 questions pertaining to Kinney's competency as sheriff. Ten needed to answer only one question affirmatively to find he acted incompetently. The 10 agreed Kinney promoted Gordon Bohannon to chief deputy with knowledge that Bohannon had "improper involvement" with a known felon and a person with criminal intentions. They also agreed Kinney allowed Bohannon to go to the district attorney to have a case dismissed involving a felon who was part of the drug ring, and Kinney failed to enforce sheriff's office written policy about "consorting" with people of bad character...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 05, 2010 (boomark / email).