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6 Nov 2009, 7:27 am
Lawyers for the daughter of executed inmate Michael Richard contend that Judge Sharon Keller, the presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, misled the federal court that dismissed the original lawsuit last year. [read post]
17 Feb 2009, 5:06 am
" I've made my own brief against Keller many times on this blog, calling her poor stewardship of the Court of Criminal Appeals one of the top ten Texas crimnal justice stories of 2007, writing in a year end wrap-up:Sharon Keller Disgraces Court, StateWhile in most states the big death penalty news in 2007 was the de facto moratorium until SCOTUS decides on the constitutionality of lethal injection procedures, in Texas the bigger controversy arose around the de jure… [read post]
8 Oct 2007, 11:55 pm
When Presiding Judge Sharon Keller refused to allow the clerk for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stay open an extra 20 minutes to accept a recent death penalty appeal (Michael Richard was executed because she would not tolerate the delay), it turns out she did not consult with her colleagues on the court, some of whom stayed at work two hours late awaiting the appeal they were sure would come. [read post]
24 Jul 2009, 9:25 am
That's the title of Michael Hall's latest Texas Monthly must-read, in the August issue. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 7:40 am
"Judge's ethics case may hinge on phone calls," is the latest Austin American-Statesman news article from the reporter who broke the story on Judge Keller's actions.Sharon Keller picked up the phone at her Austin home two times on the day death row inmate Michael Richard would be executed. [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 10:02 am
The state Commission on Judicial Conduct properly prosecuted Keller for judicial misconduct in the case of death row inmate Michael Richard. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 11:04 pm
The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association plans to file its own complaint with the Commission on Judicial Misconduct against Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller, reports Mark Bennett at Defending People.Writes Bennett, "When Sharon Keller barred the courthouse doors to lawyers for Michael Richard, she killed Mr. [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 7:32 am
The decision meant a sigh of relief for Keller but dismayed those who had challenged her actions in the case of Michael Wayne Richard, who was executed in 2007. [read post]
20 Aug 2009, 7:28 am
"Judge says she would do 'nothing different'," is Chuck Lindell's report in today's Austin American-Statesman.Calling the allegations against her "false in every way," Judge Sharon Keller concluded testimony at her misconduct trial Wednesday by saying she would have done nothing different on Michael Richard's execution-day appeal. [read post]
20 Jan 2010, 11:47 am
LINK In his long-awaited findings of fact, a San Antonio judge has concluded that Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller's conduct on the day the state executed Michael Richard "does not warrant removal from office or further reprimand beyond the public humiliation she has surely suffered. [read post]
26 Jul 2010, 8:47 am
So despite the long-awaited decision from the 13-member commission, Keller's legal saga appears far from over — 17 months after she was charged with improperly closing the Court of Criminal Appeals to an after-hours execution-day appeal and 34 months after that inmate, Michael Richard, was put to death for rape and murder without his final appeal being heard in court. [read post]
20 Oct 2007, 3:56 am
Keller has come under fire since she ordered the court clerk's office to close promptly at 5 p.m. on Sept. 25, denying death row inmate Michael Richard more time to file paperwork requesting a stay from the U.S. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 7:53 am
Judge Sharon Keller said the court has adopted written policies since the Sept. 25 execution of Michael Richard that call for a condemned inmate's appeals to go first to the judge assigned to the case. [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 6:13 am
Some media outlets, egged on by Judge Keller's attorney, portrayed Judge Berechelmann's findings as essentially putting to rest allegations against Judge Keller. [read post]
20 Oct 2007, 7:16 pm
As quick as a hiccup, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller denied Richard's lawyers the 20 minutes they needed to print the darn thing out and get it to the court â€â [read post]
24 Aug 2009, 11:01 am
Judge Keller was charged with five different violations relating to her conduct of closing the clerk's office of the court exactly at 5:00 pm on the day of the execution of Michael Wayne Richard. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 7:33 am
But most importantly a rare, public debate occurred over the propriety of Keller's actions, casting more light on the court and its frequent dysfunction than it's seen in many a year.Judge Michael Keasler's trouncing of Democrat Keith Hampton in last week's election casts doubt on whether Keller may be held accountable at the ballot box unless it's in a Republican primary, but of course, you never know. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 3:29 am
Michael Richards was executed that night. [read post]
29 Jul 2019, 6:02 am
Michael Geist: This is Law Bytes, a podcast with Michael Geist. [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 7:59 am
Her OpEd, "A shame, and a surprise, what Keller did," appeared in the Sunday Houston Chronicle.When I first heard the story about the execution of Michael Richard after the presiding judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused to keep the clerk's office open an extra 20 minutes, when his lawyers incurred a late-afternoon computer crash causing the delay, I thought it was a joke. [read post]
