Texas lawmaker moves to impeach appeals judge

[babylonsister]

http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/us/2009/02/16/D96CVGO01_judge_impeachment_attempt/index.html

Texas lawmaker moves to impeach appeals judge


Feb 16th, 2009 | AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas lawmaker is trying to impeach a judge on the state's highest criminal appeals court for what he calls "neglect of duty" in a death penalty case.

Rep. Lon Burnam filed a resolution Monday seeking to start the process against Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller.

Keller refused to keep the court offices open after 5 p.m. on Sept. 25, 2007, when attorneys for Michael Richard said computer problems were delaying their efforts to file late appeals of his death sentence.

Richard was executed that night by lethal injection for the rape and murder of a Houston-area woman.

[sam sarrha]

1. well known in Texas if an Appeals Judge allows a Death Penalty Appeal he'll lose his 6 figure job