Questions are being raised about the State Commission on Judicial Conduct’s July 16 public warning of Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller. The order concerned her conduct on the day the state executed Michael Richard.
Seana Willing, the commission’s examiner, contends in an e-mail that the order is based on a rule that does not comport with the Texas Constitution. As examiner in judicial misconduct cases, Willing acts as a prosecutor does in a criminal case, gathering and presenting evidence, often assisted by a private attorney.
