Post by Logan on Mar 18, 2016 14:07:30 GMT -6
In Porngate, prosecutors urge that most serious charge against Eakin be dropped
Prosecutors in the ethics case against former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin urged Thursday that the most serious charge against him be dropped, a step that would allow the justice to keep his $153,000 annual pension.
The prosecutors with the Judicial Conduct Board also joined with Eakin in providing the judicial court with a common narrative about the content of his offensive emails in the Porngate scandal.
Eakin's lawyer, William Costopoulos, said Eakin and the judicial board now agree that there is no need for the former justice to face a public trial before the Court of Judicial Discipline. The trial is scheduled for March 29, but Eakin wants the court to cancel it.
"Where do we stop this scrutinization?" Costopoulos asked. "Where do we stop this trivialization?"
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160318_In_Porngate_case__prosecutors_urge_that_most_serious_charge_against_Eakin_be_dropped.html
Prosecutors in the ethics case against former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin urged Thursday that the most serious charge against him be dropped, a step that would allow the justice to keep his $153,000 annual pension.
The prosecutors with the Judicial Conduct Board also joined with Eakin in providing the judicial court with a common narrative about the content of his offensive emails in the Porngate scandal.
Eakin's lawyer, William Costopoulos, said Eakin and the judicial board now agree that there is no need for the former justice to face a public trial before the Court of Judicial Discipline. The trial is scheduled for March 29, but Eakin wants the court to cancel it.
"Where do we stop this scrutinization?" Costopoulos asked. "Where do we stop this trivialization?"
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160318_In_Porngate_case__prosecutors_urge_that_most_serious_charge_against_Eakin_be_dropped.html