Yikes, Love Affair Between Prosecutor and Judge Not Good Enough Grounds for New Trial for Inmate on Death Row in Texas

The Courthouse News Service is reporting the story. In a 6-3 decision, the highest criminal court in Texas ruled that the death row inmate waited too long to raise the argument that the relationship tainted his 1990 trial. In a terse dissent, one judge noted that the inmate tried to raise the argument earlier, but was unable to prove the rumors true until the September 2008 depositions. [JH]