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Texas DA who prosecuted Tom DeLay has mud on face again
The American Thinker ^ | 11-27-13 | David Paulin

Posted on 11/27/2013 9:51:28 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic

Ronnie Earle's problematic record as Travis County District Attorney is coming back to haunt him - yet again. Earle, a Democrat, made a name for himself with some clever legal sophistry: specifically, he convinced a gullible jury in liberal Travis County, Texas, that former Republican House Speaker Tom DeLay was guilty of "money laundering" related to his funneling of campaign contributions to Republican candidates. A Texas Appeals Court recently dismissed the charges, ruling DeLay had broken no laws. Delay had called the prosecution the criminalization of politics.

Now, another case overseen by Earle in the liberal enclave of Travis County has come back to haunt the flamboyant district attorney. It concerns the case of Fran and Dan Keller, former day care owners in Austin whom prosecutors claimed had engaged in outrageous satanic rituals and sexual abuse with the children entrusted to their care. The married couple had always maintained their innocence. On Tuesday, Mrs. Keller, 63, was released after 21 years in prison when the case against her fell apart. Her husband Dan, who turns 72 on Friday, is expected to be released within days, said defense lawyer Keith Hampton. Both were serving 48 year sentences.

The case, like California's Martin preschool trial, was part of national hysteria over alleged sexual abuse with Satanic overtones in the 1980s and early 1990s. Psychologists and therapists were subsequently criticized for having implanted the bizarre allegations into the minds of children.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: childabuse; keller; ronnieearle; tomdelay
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1 posted on 11/27/2013 9:51:28 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

That idiot is still around?


2 posted on 11/27/2013 9:52:00 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: GeronL

It’s Earle who should be serving time.


3 posted on 11/27/2013 9:54:54 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: afraidfortherepublic

21 years . WOW

Time to find a nice lawyer. I would make it my life’s work to ruin that SOB.


4 posted on 11/27/2013 9:55:00 AM PST by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: Olog-hai

Agreed, he needs to do 21 years twice over.


5 posted on 11/27/2013 9:55:45 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: headstamp 2

Hell will do that to him.


6 posted on 11/27/2013 9:57:39 AM PST by KStorm (Mere geographical location is what makes some people Americans.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
The sensational turn-of-events comes on the heels of another miscarriage of justice in the area that sent Michael Morton to jail for 25 years for killing his wife. He was innocent, as DNA evidence revealed a number of months ago. Judge Ken Anderson in nearby Williamson County, who's prosecuted Morton as district attorney, recently gave up his law license and served a stint in jail - part of a plea bargain for having withheld evidence during the trial. Morton was subsequently exonerated, and DNA evidence linked another man to the murder of his wife and another woman, Debra Masters Baker.

Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg -- who helped to prosecute Tom DeLay and has vowed to pursue charges against him - issued a statement saying that the Kellers would be released because of Dr. Mouw's testimony.

"I agreed that there is a reasonable likelihood that his false testimony affected the judgment of the jury," said Lehmberg, who has recently been in the news due to a drunk-driven conviction for which she served jail time. "The Court of Criminal Appeals will review both cases. No further action or decisions on the case will be made until that review is finalized," she said.

7 posted on 11/27/2013 10:01:34 AM PST by kcvl
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To: Olog-hai

I agree


8 posted on 11/27/2013 10:01:40 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: headstamp 2

I doubt I’d give a lawyer or the legal system the opportunity for justice.


9 posted on 11/27/2013 10:01:52 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: KStorm
Hell will do that to him.

Yes it will, but it would be nice if his misery started a little sooner.

10 posted on 11/27/2013 10:02:24 AM PST by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Veteran, 70-71)
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To: kcvl

wow


11 posted on 11/27/2013 10:04:25 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Ronnie Earl would indict your dog if you are a Republican.


12 posted on 11/27/2013 10:05:12 AM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: afraidfortherepublic

A bunch of low-life scum thugs running the show in Travis County


13 posted on 11/27/2013 10:06:17 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
has mud on face again

But it ain't mud.

14 posted on 11/27/2013 10:06:57 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: kcvl

We know Rosemary will do a fine job of seeing that past injustices will be righted. All we have to do is leave a trail of vodka bottles to the nearby Spec’s Liquor store where she is on record having bought something like 200 gallons in the last few years.

She ought to be in the prison cell right beside Earle.


15 posted on 11/27/2013 10:07:03 AM PST by Clay Moore ("In politics, stupidity is not a handicap." Napoleon Bonaparte)
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“She ought to be in the prison cell right beside Earle.”

“Texas has a Whorehose in It,” and it’s in theTravis County DA’s office.


16 posted on 11/27/2013 10:14:09 AM PST by vette6387
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To: headstamp 2

Ya know what, at that age I would include as many agency folks I could muster in my legal effort and, when prevailing, distribute every damn penny among the children under my care at the time prosectution.

In my mind, these kids were co-victims. Hold back enough to bury me and the missus next to my kin.


17 posted on 11/27/2013 10:18:26 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The acronym explains the science.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

This DA needs to spend time in jail!


18 posted on 11/27/2013 10:23:43 AM PST by rawhide
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To: Clay Moore

Rosemary Lehmberg kicking the door at the Travis County Jail.

19 posted on 11/27/2013 10:32:25 AM PST by kcvl
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Lehmberg was popped for DWI on April 12 after deputies spotted her driving in the bike lane on FM 620 near 2222. She also happened to have an open bottle of vodka in the car.


20 posted on 11/27/2013 10:33:16 AM PST by kcvl
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