bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:20 pm Post subject: "Killer" Judge on trial |
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The Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct is taking this very seriously. If state judicial procedures become (even more) questionable, it may put a damper on the legal deathfest they are so in love with there.
Texas Judge on Trial for Refusing to Hear Appeal Hours Before Death Row Prisoner�s Execution
The presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is on trial for misconduct for refusing to hear a last-minute appeal from a death row prisoner scheduled to be executed that night. Judge Sharon Keller, dubbed �Sharon Killer� by her critics, reportedly denied an appeal from the lawyers for Michael Wayne Richard at 5:20 pm on September 25th, 2007, saying, �We close at five.� Richard was killed later that night by lethal injection. Keller faces five charges of judicial misconduct and could be removed from the bench.
Video and interview with Scott Cobb, President of the Texas Moratorium Network, at link |
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