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17 Jan 2008, 9:41 am
On September 25, Keller refused to keep her clerk's office open an extra 20 minutes to receive a last-gasp pleading from the attorneys for condemned inmate Michael Richard. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 7:27 am
Sept. 25, 2007, despite knowing that defense lawyers for death row inmate Michael Richard wanted to file an appeal based on a U.S. [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 7:44 am
The hearing, which will be open to the public, is the next step in a process that began 14 months ago when the commission charged Keller with impropriety in the 2007 execution of Texas inmate Michael Richard. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 11:27 pm
Michael Wayne Richard was executed, and no inquiry will change that fact. [read post]
21 Jan 2010, 7:58 am
"The decision of the Master, a retired judge, not to recommend any discipline, even a reprimand, for Judge Sharon Keller's role in the premature execution of Michael Richard, is stunning and reprehensible. [read post]
31 Mar 2009, 8:24 am
Sharon Keller, presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, is seeking dismissal of charges by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct that she violated her duties in a death penalty case.he commission says Keller cast "public discredit on the judiciary" for not keeping court offices open after 5 p.m. on the night in 2007 that Michael Wayne Richard was executed. [read post]
19 Jun 2010, 8:38 am
Michael Wayne Richard was to be executed on September 25, 2007. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 7:46 am
Mary Alice Robbins has posted "Both Sides Take Issue With Special Master's Findings in Keller Case," at Texas Lawyer.Prosecutors for the State Commission on Judicial Conduct argue in objections filed Feb. 17 that Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller's "willful and/or persistent conduct" in the case of Michael Richard authorizes the commission to sanction her.Keller's conduct on the day the state executed Richard… [read post]
16 Feb 2009, 5:30 pm
Keller sparked controversy and condemnation two years ago when she refused to keep the court open past 5 p.m. on Sept. 25 to allow for a last-minute appeal for condemned killer Michael Wayne Richard who was awaiting execution... [read post]
10 May 2010, 7:24 am
If she is suspended, the hearing and formal proceedings against Keller by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct in the separate matter of her actions on the day of the execution of Michael Richard would continue on schedule but she would be suspended from performing her duties as a judge. [read post]
16 Aug 2009, 11:22 pm
Michael Richard already has been held accountable for his crimes. [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 9:42 am
An excerpt: Although a majority of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct concluded that Keller violated the law in closing the courthouse door to Michael Richard on Sept. 25, 2007 (the night of his execution), the official sanction rebuking Keller for her actions has now been tossed out, and the SCJC is blocked from filing new charges against her. [read post]
4 May 2009, 10:03 am
Shack previously has described her omissions as inadvertent.The News began reviewing Keller's finances after she cited undue financial stress in trying to dismiss ethics charges stemming from allegations that she refused to allow a death row inmate to file a last-minute appeal to stave off execution.Keller faces a hearing before a special master in August on her handling of Michael Wayne Richard's unsuccessful appeal in September 2007. [read post]
27 Apr 2009, 11:57 pm
This to me is an even stronger argument for her ouster than the Michael Richard debacle. [read post]
20 Aug 2009, 12:28 am
Knowing what she knows now, how can Keller claim with a straight face that the wiser path wouldn't have been to refer the decision on Michael Richard's appeal to Judge Cheryl Johnson, the "duty judge" who'd been pre-assigned to receive last-minute communication about the case? [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 11:51 pm
Attorney General Eric Holder to launch an investigation into whether or not Michael Richard's' civil rights were violated-further exposing the court and the justices to a level of public examination they are unaccustomed to.If accurate, and it sounds pretty reasonable to me, it appears the Court of Criminal Appeals these days has quite a bit of behind-the-scenes drama going on regarding Judge Keller's looming fate, perhaps relieved only slightly by the delay granted… [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 7:23 am
Selected posts includes: Sharon Keller is Texas' Judge Dread Judge in Death Case Violated Policies More on the September 25 Timeline and the Execution of Michael Richard Presiding Judge Keller and the CCA Impeach Sharon Keller! [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 7:24 am
Michael Richard's lawyers had asked for extra time. [read post]
18 Feb 2010, 11:19 am
We've been following the melodrama surrounding Sharon Keller, Chief Justice of Texas' highest criminal court since allegations that her acts caused the execution of Michael Richard to go forward back in 2007. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 7:17 am
Here, Michael Richard had good basis for a motion. [read post]
