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When Official Woman Kills

The ordinarily-effete Texas Com­mis­sion on Judi­cial Con­duct, faced with bad press and pub­lic out­cry (includ­ing a com­plaint from HCCLA), has grown some back­bone and ini­ti­ated for­mal pub­lic pro­ceed­ings against Sharon Keller.

Here is the pleading.

The “offi­cial woman” of the title is not Keller, who is accused of ignor­ing the court’s stand­ing pro­ce­dures to kill Michael Richard, but to Marty, who blindly fol­lowed Keller’s instruc­tions to cause Richard’s death. It looks to me like Court of Crim­i­nal Appeals Gen­eral Coun­sel Edward Marty is going to have some explain­ing to do at the time of the final reckoning.

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Mark Bennett got his letter of marque from the Supreme Court of Texas in May 1995. He is famous for having no sense of humor when it comes to totalitarianism.

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7 Responses to “When Official Woman Kills”

  1. Michael says:

    You get the early bird prize. I was hop­ing Jamie or Scott would have weighed in by now. Busy day for crim­i­nal law blog­gers in Austin — the Hall sen­tence (girl who helped her boyfriend hack up his ex) got reversed today by the 3rd COA.

  2. […] Mark Ben­nett has the notice of for­mal pro­ceed­ings (PDF) against Justice […]

  3. She should be charged with manslaughter

    [Steven, see my notes on your com­ment to my more recent post. Do not try to use com­ments on my blog to improve your SEO.]

  4. Qeenie says:

    Just so you know, Ed Marty is no longer GC for the CCA — he reitred last year.

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