UPDATED FRIDAY, JAN. 22 Although her actions were "not exemplary," Judge Sharon Keller can continue presiding over the state's highest criminal court after a special master found that her decision to close her court hours before a death-row inmate's...
Hot Links today are all about capital punishment: 1. Charles Dean Hood (right) may well deserve to die for murdering two people in Plano. But I'd feel a whole lot better about killing killers if I knew they got a...
Today's main Hot Link highlights another case that gives Texas' capital punishment system a bad name. 1. Longtime death row inmate Michael Toney (right) is free on bail, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The Texas attorney general's office, following Tarrant...
Does wearing a black robe mean never having to say you're sorry? Do you deserve a taxpayer-funded car allowance? Today's Hot Links make me wonder: 1. Sharon Keller says she would do it again. The presiding judge of the Texas...
We have updates on some stories that have been in the news in the last few months -- and been the subject of our blogging: 1. The legendary football coach at Mesquite High School who pawned more than $100,000 in...
Here are a few public-interest stories catching our eye in The Dallas Morning News and around the Web-o-sphere: 1. I'm always interested when a lawmaker speaks candidly about dealings with lobbyists. Doesn't happen often. State Rep. Jim Pitts of Waxahachie...
The investigation team's Steve McGonigle broke news last week that the Texas' highest criminal court judge, Sharon Keller, failed to list nearly $2 million in assets on state filings. Steve was looking at her finances because Keller (right) wanted taxpayers...
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