A local judge in Harris County, Texas , has been sanctioned over her "cloak and dagger" behavior in a high-profile capital murder case.

In July 2014, Ronald Haskell, 45, shot seven members of the Stay family at their home in the broader Houston area while searching for his ex-wife. That rampage took the lives of six members of the family, execution-style, and left a sole survivor . The since-condemned man killed his ex-sister-in-law, her husband, and four of their children; his ex was not at the residence.

In October 2019, Haskell arrived on death row in the Lone Star State. His execution date has yet to be scheduled.

In June 2024, 351st Criminal District Court Judge Natalia Cornelio signed a bench warrant that was used to start the process of transporting Haskell to a "private medical

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