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More Questions About the Court of Criminal Appeals

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"Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judge's actions called into question," is Steve McGonigle's report from the Sunday Dallas Morning News.Just weeks before the presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals was charged with "willful and persistent conduct" that discredited the judiciary, she was involved in a second incident in which lawyers for a condemned man were initially blocked from filing a last-minute appeal.Judge Sharon Keller, a former Dallas prosecutor, was called shortly after the court's general counsel and a clerk refused to formally accept legal filings requesting a halt to the execution of Larry Swearingen, a well-placed source told The Dallas Morning News. Keller's attorney confirmed she was alerted but said it was after the incident was resolved...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 09, 2009 (boomark / email).