The recent guilty plea of a Philadelphia Municipal Court judge to case-fixing charges and the suspension of two other judges, all occurring with the Philadelphia Traffic Court scandal still fresh in the public’s mind, has seriously damaged the reputation of the Philadelphia judicial system, members of the legal community said.

Despite that, jurists who spoke to The Legal said there was no indication that the federal government would expand its investigative scope to focus on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

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