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Judge Mary Roman's re-election ensures an "absence of an impartial judge on the bench"

When San Antonio District Judge Mary Roman presides over a criminal case, as the Fourth Court of Appeals recently put it when overturning a death sentence issued by her court, defendants may suffer from the "absence of an impartial judge on the bench."That's the language they used recently in overturning a death sentence obtained in her court, declaring her behavior had "infected the integrity of the trial process." Reported the Express News: Democratic primary foe Anthony Zamora cited the 4th Court ruling as the reason he ran against Roman, and the judge countered that relying on the reversal was premature because it was on appeal. Democratic voters sided with Roman, who does not have a Republican opponent in November...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 07, 2008 (boomark / email).