Republican Party Won't Let Exonerated Judge Run on Texas Ballot
Suzanne Wooten got her law license back in 2017 following her exoneration of nine felonies from a 2011 wrongful conviction. Running for judge again, the local Republican Party claimed a 2012 to 2017 law license suspension makes her ineligible for the ballot. Wooten counters that as a matter of law, that suspension never took place.
December 09, 2019 at 03:37 PM
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An exonerated former Texas judge is asking Dallas' Fifth Court of Appeals to step in and grant emergency relief that would order the Republican Party to place her on the ballot for the 2020 primary election.
But the party argues Suzanne Wooten's does not meet the qualification criteria, because her suspension meant she wasn't practicing for the prerequisite period before her exoneration.
Being wrongfully convicted of nine felonies in 2011 ruined Wooten's life and livelihood. She resigned as a district judge and her law license was suspended — until her exoneration in 2017 promised to redeem her.
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