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Judge Orders Depositions In Bid To Spare Death Row Inmate
A Texas state district judge Monday ordered depositions of a judge and prosecutor who were allegedly involved romantically during the trial of a death row inmate who’s scheduled for execution on Wednesday.
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(September 8, 2008)—A state district judge Monday ordered the judge and prosecutor involved in the capital murder case of a Texas death row inmate to testify under oath about allegations that they were romantically involved during the trial.
The state district court ruling two days before convicted killer Charles Dean Hood's scheduled execution stemmed from requests by his attorneys to investigate claims of an improper relationship between retired state District Judge Verla Sue Holland and former Collin County District Attorney Tom O'Connell.
The deposition for O'Connell began in a jury room shortly after District Judge Greg Brewer's ruling Monday afternoon.
Holland's deposition was scheduled for Tuesday morning.
Hood's attorneys also were working to postpone his execution in order to have more time to pursue their claims of judicial bias.
They filed a request for a stay of execution and also asked Gov. Rick Perry to grant a 30-day reprieve.
The 39-year-old Hood was convicted in the 1989 killings of an ex strip-club dancer and her boyfriend.
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