bwahahahahahahah. Now that I've laughed at McB's take on this, Shame on Sharon Keller. As McBlogger said.

Oh, hell, there are any number of excuses we can think up to cover for Sharon. However, none of them are as good as the one reason she should have kept the court open... it was the right thing to do. Regardless of guilt or innocence, you don't refuse to hear an appeal in a death penalty case. EVER.