Scandals involving judges allegedly engaging in favoritism rear up in the Pennsylvania court system every few years, but attorneys who spoke with the Law Weekly said judicial favoritism is not widespread.
“You can’t paint with a broad brush that, just because these situations occasionally arise, that there is some pervasive issue of favoritism in the judiciary,” said Matthew Mangino, a defense attorney and former district attorney for Lawrence County. “There’s a big picture here, and that is that most people who preside over the cases are doing it in a fair and honorable way.”
