Texas Judge Removed From Death Row Case Over Racial Remarks

HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Houston judge was removed from overseeing the appeal of a black death row prisoner because of prior racially charged comments the jurist made about black defendants.
District court Judge Michael McSpadden was removed earlier this month from the case involving George Curry, who was sentenced to die in 2009 for the death of a teenager during a restaurant robbery.
The Houston Chronicle reports that defense attorneys in March had asked McSpadden to recuse himself, b