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Good link - thank you for including it in your reply!
Here is my favorite excerpt from the linked article:

DeLay and two Republican fundraisers who were indicted with him still are awaiting trial in Travis County on charges of money laundering and conspiring to launder money. Earle’s office lost its appeal earlier this year to have another charge of conspiracy to violate the election code reinstated against the three men.

While Earle didn’t mention the DeLay case by name in announcing he was leaving office, he seemed to allude to it.

“There are particular cases pending that are enormously important to this state, this country, and democracy itself. If they are not resolved during the forthcoming last year of my term I will offer my assistance on those matters on a pro bono basis to my successor,” Earle said in his prepared statement.

DeLay spokeswoman Shannon Flaherty said Earle “never had any intention of finishing off his revenge on Tom DeLay” and is afraid of being disgraced while in office.

“This is a no-brainer for him,” she said. “Good riddance to another corrupt DA.”