As lawyers frantically tried to file the last-minute appeal that could have halted the execution of a death row inmate, the Texas judge who oversaw the only court that could hear it was preparing to end her day. "We close at 5," Judge Sharon Keller told a court staffer on Sept. 25, 2007. The appeal was never heard, and four hours later, convicted killer Michael Richard was executed. Now it's Keller who is before a judge, facing charges that could end her career in a special trial that began Monday.
August 17, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
As lawyers frantically tried to file the last-minute appeal that could have halted the execution of a death row inmate, the Texas judge who oversaw the only court who could hear it was preparing to shut the doors for the day.
“We close at 5,” Judge Sharon Keller told a court staffer on Sept. 25, 2007.
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