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Keller Trial - Day Two News Coverage

By Steve Hall

"Under questioning, Keller denies violating court rules in death row case," is Chuck Lindell's report in today's Austin American-Statesman. Judge Sharon Keller, taking the witness stand Tuesday in her misconduct trial, insisted that she did not violate court rules by declining to accept a late execution-day appeal in 2007. But she admitted it was "a close call."Rapid-fire questions from Austin lawyer Mike McKetta, acting as the prosecution, drilled into the heart of the charges against Keller ? that by violating the court's established procedure, the judge denied death row inmate Michael Richard his day in court and brought discredit upon the judiciary.The questioning put Keller on the defensive, a contrast from earlier testimony that saw defense lawyer Chip Babcock attack the truthfulness of witness David Dow, Richard's primary appellate lawyer...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 19, 2009 (boomark / email).