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Texas Monthly: "The Judgement of Sharon Keller"

By "Persian Cowboy"

Texas Monthly has a long article by Michael Hall in its August edition titled "The Judgement of Sharon Keller" about the presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Keller said "we close at 5" when asked by attorneys for Michael Richard in 2007 to allow them to file a late appeal for Michael Richard on the day of his scheduled execution. Keller's trial is scheduled to start August 17 in San Antonio on charges of misconduct and incompetence arising from complaints filed with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct by several groups, including Texas Moratorium Network which filed a complaint signed by about 1900 people. (For more background information visit www.sharonkiller.com.)According to the Texas Monthly article:The main charge was that Keller?s ?failure to follow the CCA?s execution-day procedures? violated the Texas constitution (which states that a judge must not exhibit ?willful or persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of his duties or casts public discredit upon the judiciary?) and the Code of Judicial Conduct (?a judge shall comply with the law and should act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary?)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on July 24, 2009 (boomark / email).