As someone with a propensity toward insubordination, I was intrigued by the Morning Call article by Riley Yates on Judge Zito in Northampton County. Attorney Ed Angelo publicly claimed that the judge strong-arms defendants into plea bargaining.
I informally interviewed a local respected attorney, who confirmed Angelo's allegation. No your honor, I will not reveal his name. I was particularly struck by the notion that when Angelo told the judge that other attorneys feel the same way, he asked who they were?
A follow up article reports that Zito will recuse himself from Angelo's case. Meanwhile, another attorney, Joshua Fulmer, got 32 other lawyers to sign a letter supporting the judge against the allegation. Sort of sounds like a list of good children for Santa Claus. The president judge, Michael Koury, said that he never before heard the allegation? The District Attorney's office said that they're staying out of the dispute?
It sounds like they run the trains on time in Northampton, but at who's expense?
Many people already know about the situation that Atty. Ed Angelo has spotlighted. In fact, it is quite well known.
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