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3 Sep 2008, 8:38 pm
Hood's lawyers contend the alleged secret relationship between now retired Judge Verla Sue Holland, who presided over Hood's capital murder trial in 1990, and the prosecutor, former Collin County District Attorney Tom O'Connell, tainted the trial. [read post]
3 Sep 2008, 4:15 pm
Mighell, former United States Attorney, Northern District of Texas; Jay Burnett, former Criminal District Court Judge, Texas; and Sam D. [read post]
3 Sep 2008, 3:48 pm
Millsap, former District Attorney, Bexar County, San Antonio, Texas. [read post]
2 Sep 2008, 4:17 pm
With Hood at that time scheduled to die on June 16, Hood's lawyers appealed to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals â€â [read post]
31 Aug 2008, 8:21 am
Judge Verna Sue Holland went on to serve on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, where eight of her former colleagues this summer ruled that Hood could not force her to answer for the alleged misconduct. [read post]
29 Aug 2008, 12:36 pm
Bill Baumbach has more at the Collin County Observer, which profiles this case along with the Charles Dean Hood fiasco, in which a Collin County judge and prosecutor who allegedly had an affair during Hood's capital murder trial want to put off answering questions about it until after he's executed.It can't be stated often enough: Collin County justice is really something! [read post]
27 Aug 2008, 10:52 pm
Last week state District Judge Robert Dry in Collin County scheduled a hearing on the lawyer's request for Sept. 12, two days after Hood's new execution date. [read post]
25 Aug 2008, 2:03 pm
Senior reporter Mary Alice Robbins finds out why. ...Death row inmate seeks depos: Charles Dean Hood has filed a petition in Collin County seeking to take the depositions of the judge and prosecutor for his 1990 trial, who he alleges were having an affair at the time. [read post]
22 Aug 2008, 9:38 pm
"In an unusual use of Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 202, death row inmate Charles Dean Hood has filed a petition in Collin County seeking to take the depositions of the judge and prosecutor for his 1990 trial. [read post]
20 Aug 2008, 4:03 pm
Her report in today's Dallas Morning News is titled,"Texas death row inmate's defense hopes to prove romantic link between Collin County ex-prosecutor, retired judge. [read post]
19 Aug 2008, 5:54 pm
Hood's lawyers said today that they will file a petition in a Collin County court at law asking to take the depositions of former state District Judge Vera Sue Holland and former Collin County District Attorney Tom O'Connell, who have refused to answer questions about any relationship they had in 1990. [read post]
30 Jul 2008, 6:41 pm
Here in Austin, I've already discussed how the city budget has become bloated with public safety costs, and today the Statesman brings word that Travis County, too, will likely raise taxes to pay for mostly criminal justice related expenses:The increase would pay mainly for a new county criminal court, increased fuel costs, a 3 percent pay raise for most county employees and 31 corrections officers to staff a new detention building at the Del Valle Correctional… [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 7:00 pm
"It's a crisis every county in Texas is facing now," said Dr. [read post]
10 Jul 2008, 4:16 am
The Case Against The Death Penaltyby Hugo Adam Bedau --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ContentsPrefaceIntroductionDeterrenceUnfairnessInevitability of ErrorBarbarityRetributionFinancial CostsPublic OpinionAbolition TrendsFor Further Information & ReferenceNotes--------------------------------------------------------------------------------PrefaceHugo Adam Bedau is Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. [read post]
7 Jul 2008, 5:11 pm
JOHNSON SURVEY, MARION COUNTY, TEXAS AND A .22 CALIBER RUGER SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL v. [read post]
5 Jul 2008, 7:51 am
(She later went on to serve on the Court of Criminal Appeals, Texas' highest criminal court.) [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 3:40 pm
"It is impossible to stand by the murder conviction of Charles Dean Hood without examining charges of corruption against the very Collin County court where he was sentenced to die. [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 7:57 am
Retired Judge Verla Sue Holland and then-Collin County District Attorney Tom O'Connell have declined to address the allegations. [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 7:11 pm
On Wednesday, state District Judge John Nelms in Collin County set Hood's new death date for Sept. 10. [read post]