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Sharon Keller

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Sharon Keller, Pat Lykos Fare Badly in Houston Bar Association Qualification Survey

    The Houston Bar Association has released its judicial qualification poll for this year's primaries, and it's clear two candidates aren't viewed favorably: Criminal Court of Appeals Justice Sharon Keller and Harris County DA Pat Lykos. Since the overwhelming number of people who take part in the sur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Death Penalty: Your Newest App

    Yeah, there's an app for that​Have your Angry Birds gone postal? You might need the newest app, from the Death Penalty Information Center. Today's on-the-go death-penalty activist is now only a touch away from "our Fact Sheet on the Death Penalty, our Execution Database, and the most recent d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Sharon Keller: Texas Supreme Court Bravely Upholds Slap On The Wrist She Got

    She'll always have her Turkey of the Year award​Sharon Keller, presiding judge for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, was barely, barely punished in connection with a famous incident where she told lawyers trying to file appeals for a Death Row inmate "We close at 5." Hours later, the man was ex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    The Judicial Conduct Commission Actually Moves Against "Killer Keller"

    Photo courtesy Court of Criminal AppealsNo one gave State Rep. Lon Burnam much of a chance with his call to impeach Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller -- they still don't -- but he may have spurred some action.In what is either the biggest coincidence of all time or, well, the biggest coi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2008

    This Just In: Conviction Upheld in Case of Man Who Stomped on Pregnant Girlfriend’s Belly

    Photo courtesy Court of Criminal AppealsNo one gave State Rep. Lon Burnam much of a chance with his call to impeach Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller -- they still don't -- but he may have spurred some action.In what is either the biggest coincidence of all time or, well, the biggest coi ... More >>

  • News

    November 22, 2007

    2007 Turkeys of the Year

    Priscilla Slade is the biggest gobbler of them all

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    On the Outside

    Criner and the system try to adjust to a mistaken conviction

  • News

    August 24, 2000

    Home Again

    Ten years brings the Texas justice system to its senses. Roy Criner's free.

  • News

    August 3, 2000

    Innocent at Last

    After ten years, prosecutors finally concede that Roy Criner is not guilty and should be free

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    Cry for Justice

    It doesn't matter that other courts and D.A.'s have cleared wrongly convicted inmates. Roy Criner's case is in Montgomery County, Texas.

  • News

    November 18, 1999

    Strong Convictions

    Hard-line leaders such as loopy Stephen Mansfield have taken their agenda to the Court of Criminal Appeals, where legal precedents--not prosecutions--get overturned

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    Hard Time

    The evidence points away from Roy Criner's guilt in a savage crime. But the state still has what counts most -- a conviction.

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