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Old 06-04-2021, 09:11 PM
 
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Using the power of public office to attack a political critic is the problem. That's what ordering his lawyers not to offer plea deals to clients of this lawyer is. It is also a direct statement that he'll use criteria other than the evidence and the seriousness of the offense when he decides what kind of penalty to seek.
Well taken...But the article linked here did NOT prove that. Nor could it, given its source and time limitations to go to 'print'. I just caution this continued acceptance of 'guilty just because'. We do not know yet if the complaints are accurate - there is always more to the story.

again, if they ARE, and proven so, then of course fix it....
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Old 06-04-2021, 09:18 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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Well taken...But the article linked here did NOT prove that. Nor could it, given its source and time limitations to go to 'print'. I just caution this continued acceptance of 'guilty just because'. We do not know yet if the complaints are accurate - there is always more to the story.

again, if they ARE, and proven so, then of course fix it....



Everybody who could prove it either has an arrest record (and isn't likely to be believed), works directly for or with Zappala, or is a defense lawyer. Stopping plea deals with clients of defense lawyers who criticize Zappala means that lawyer will lose their income (since defendants now know if they hire those lawyers, they will get harsher treatment).
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Old 06-04-2021, 09:23 PM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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Everybody who could prove it either has an arrest record (and isn't likely to be believed), works directly for or with Zappala, or is a defense lawyer. Stopping plea deals with clients of defense lawyers who criticize Zappala means that lawyer will lose their income (since defendants now know if they hire those lawyers, they will get harsher treatment).
Raiford did more than criticize him, he called him a racist.
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Old 06-05-2021, 05:20 AM
 
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Your deductive reasoning is sadly lacking, but you are great at pulling out the oh so predictable race card.
She's an ignorant , lying fool with a loud mouth and, sadly, a pulpit to spew her nonsense. Her "color" has nothing to do with it.
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Well taken...But the article linked here did NOT prove that. Nor could it, given its source and time limitations to go to 'print'. I just caution this continued acceptance of 'guilty just because'. We do not know yet if the complaints are accurate - there is always more to the story.

again, if they ARE, and proven so, then of course fix it....
It is now in the States hands. The State will make the determination. The accusation was against the system and Zappala is part of the system. Criminal justice reform is a national issue.

Attorney Milton Raiford is a 65 year old black man that was born and raised in the inner city. He can definitely speak on the issue and ensure that progress is made with regards to criminal justice reform, implicit bias and racism.
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Old 06-05-2021, 07:19 AM
 
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Don’t forget the entitled and free stuff folks. They love her.
I don`t think she`s that popular in the south or our rural areas. That`s where most of that free stuff goes.


https://apnews.com/article/north-ame...cdbc0d3b6bc08c
https://www.bing.com/images/search?v...t=0&ajaxserp=0
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Old 06-05-2021, 07:30 AM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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I don`t think she`s that popular in the south or our rural areas. That`s where most of that free stuff goes.


https://apnews.com/article/north-ame...cdbc0d3b6bc08c
https://www.bing.com/images/search?v...t=0&ajaxserp=0
Lol. She’s popular with entitled and free stuff folks everywhere. She’d pay to have them sit on the couch forever.
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Old 06-05-2021, 10:28 AM
 
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I seriously doubt it considering the utter nonsense on display by the right. Color has everything to do with it.
Gee, I despise the loathsome Nancy Pelosi, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Liz Warren.
I don't think they are women of "color", except maybe Fauxcahontas.
I must add, however, the vile Maizie Hirono, perhaps the dumbest member of Congress, although she has a lot of competition. I guess that makes me anti-Asian in the eyes of the woke progressives.
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Old 06-05-2021, 10:36 AM
 
Location: A coal patch in Pennsyltucky
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It is now in the States hands. The State will make the determination. The accusation was against the system and Zappala is part of the system. Criminal justice reform is a national issue.

Attorney Milton Raiford is a 65 year old black man that was born and raised in the inner city. He can definitely speak on the issue and ensure that progress is made with regards to criminal justice reform, implicit bias and racism.
When you say it is in the State's hands, is there an investigation underway by the State AG? I'm curious what potential punishment Zappala could be facing.
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Old 06-05-2021, 02:14 PM
 
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She has a real talent for making older white dudes beclown themselves with rage.
And you would know that because you probably don't know many people who aren't white.
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Old 06-05-2021, 02:17 PM
 
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I signed the nomination petition for Jenkins. People were active for him in the white parts of the East End.
It all makes sense. The people who call the cops when someone shoots off a firecracker voting for a soft-on-crime district attorney.
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