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Ethicist: Judicial misconduct to blame for delays in Charles Hood case

Find below a guest post by Lawrence J. Fox, Professor of Law at University of Pennsylvania Law School and former Chair of the ABA Ethics Committee. He was one of the 36 legal ethicists who signed onto Professor Monroe Freedman's opinion stating that the romantic relationship between the judge and DA in the Charles Hood case created a "structural defect" rendering the conviction and sentence "invalid per se." Judge Holland will finally be deposed at 10 a.m. this morning.Executing Justice in the Texas CourtsBy Lawrence J. FoxThey did not execute Charles Hood on June 17. On that night, the State of Texas did the right thing for the wrong reason. The execution was postponed not to cure a grave injustice, simply because the State of Texas ran out of time...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 09, 2008 (boomark / email).