texas

  • Speaking of the death penalty, did you hear about the judge in Texas who disallowed a death penalty appeal because it came in 20 minutes late? This happened on September 25th, the day the U.S. Supreme Court decided to take the lethal injection case, and death row inmate Michael Richard's lawyers informed the court that they were throwing an appeal together. But a crashed computer prevented them from getting it in on time. Several judges were willing to stay late and receive the appeal, but Chief Justice Sharon Keller decided to keep strict 9-5 hours and disregarded the appeal. Richards was executed that night, and now newspapers in Texas are calling for Keller's removal from the court. (14) #
    10/17/2007
Home