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"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. What she said could determine whether Keller continues as presiding judge of the state's highest criminal court.Both conversations will play a central role at the as-yet-unscheduled trial on charges that Keller violated her judicial duty by refusing to accept Richard's appeal after 5 p.m. on his execution date. Keller's unilateral refusal ignored Court of Criminal Appeals rules on death row appeals and, according to charges filed Thursday by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, violated ethics rules by: ? Failing to ensure proper access to the legal system...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 23, 2009 (boomark / email).