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Chuck Lindell has posted the third of a series on CCA Presiding Judge Sharon Keller at the Austin American-Statesman's Focal Point blog.  It's titled, "Did inmate's lawyers do enough."  Here's an extended excerpt:Richard?s lawyers David Dow and Greg Wiercioch) are with the Texas Defender Service and have years of experience on death penalty appeals. They should have known that Keller?s decision to close the court clerk?s office at 5 p.m. ? as required by law ? did not bar Richard from filing documents with the court, Babcock said. ?They could?ve gotten the phone book out and started calling? judges in their chambers, Babcock said. ?They didn?t (act diligently).? The response: ?So what?? said Neal Manne, a lawyer representing the Texas Defender Service in the Keller matter...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 08, 2009 (boomark / email).