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Texas Judge faces charges
Posted: 08.17.2009 at 10:06 AM
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- A Judge is under fire in San Antonio. In September 2007, Judge Sharon Keller told lawyers the court was closed as they tried to file a last minute appeal which could have halted the execution of convicted killer Michael Wayne Richard

Now Judge Keller, is facing charges that could end her career in a special trial that begins today.

She is accused of denying the rights of a condemned man, along with four other judicial misconduct charges.

Keller is the highest ranking judge in Texas to be put on trial by the State Commission on Judicial conduct.

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