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| − | + | Her office has been humiliated by poorly executed criminal cases that have been tossed out by courts. Kane's verbal blunders and public disagreements with high ranking officials, including the state police commissioner and the Philadelphia district attorney, threaten to undermine her effectiveness, according to several current and former prosecutors interviewed by The Morning Call. It is impossible not to conclude that Attorney General Kane has lost a lot of the political capital she came into office with, said Republican Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce L. Castor Jr., a former district attorney who ran for attorney general in 2004. It has been squandered. Last week, leaders of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association slammed Kane for her criticism of the prosecutors who convicted Sandusky and her insistence, despite statements to the contrary, that Sandusky abused victims while he was under investigation. The focus on winning the news cycle has to end, the group said <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=Gucci-Hanbags>Gucci Hanbags</a> in an op-ed published Wednesday in The Philadelphia Inquirer.In early June, a Dauphin County district court judge dismissed fraud, perjury and witness intimidation charges Kane had filed against a Luzerne County defense attorney and a private investigator working on the case of alleged mass murderer Hugo Selenski. In a preliminary hearing, the judge found the attorney general's office didn't have enough evidence to prove its case. If you can't get by the preliminary hearing threshold in Pennsylvania, you don't have a case, said Temple University law professor Louis Natali.In March, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams rebuked Kane for claiming in The Philadelphia Inquirer that two of his staffers one a white prosecutor, the other a black investigator had run a deeply flawed public corruption investigation with a racial focus, which Kane later shut down because it exclusively targeted black state lawmakers. As the first African-American district attorney in the history of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania who oversees their work, I am confident they are not racist and it is regrettable that the attorney general would casually throw around such an explosive accusation, Williams wrote in a March 15 email to Inquirer reporters that was provided to The Morning Call by Williams' press secretary.In February, Schuylkill County Judge Jacqueline Russell delivered a scathing opinion dismissing an assisted suicide case Kane's office brought against a Philadelphia nurse charged with helping her terminally ill father end his life. The commonwealth's case appears to have been based on little independent investigation, significant hearsay, including double hearsay received from third persons, Russell wrote, throwing out the case that nearly cost Barbara Mancini her livelihood and put her in the spotlight of a national debate over assisted suicide.Kane interviewKane defended her actions and the work of her staff in written statements issued by her office and in an exclusive interview with The Morning Call last week. I've been elected the attorney general of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania based on my experience, Kane said in the interview. I've prosecuted sexual assault cases, murders, rapes, robbery, drugs, you name it, I've prosecuted them. The people of Pennsylvania believe I'm qualified. <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Christian-Louboutin-Boutiques>Christian Louboutin Boutiques</a> When asked how many criminal cases she had tried in Lackawanna County, Kane cited 12 years of experience as a prosecutor, but declined to give a number, saying, We can talk about better things than that. Kane has talent and it showed among her early successes as attorney general, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said, citing her decision not to defend Pennsylvania's gay marriage ban, which was backed up in May by a historic federal court decision. But Morganelli a Democrat who has been district attorney for more than two decades and twice ran unsuccessfully for attorney general said Kane's lack of managerial experience is now showing. Those of us who support her are concerned; she is backtracking all the time, Morganelli said.Kane has to fix her relationships with state police Commissioner Frank Noonan and Williams, get more experienced advisers and learn how <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=True-Religion-Fragrance-For-Women>True Religion Fragrance For Women</a> to handle tough media questions, Morganelli said. The concern going through the law enforcement community is she's got to get on the same page with state police, Morganelli said. We can't have these fights going on. Kane's tired of the turmoil, too. To be quite honest with you, I have so much on my plate and I am so tired of fighting with people, she said during the interview in her Harrisburg office.Kane said her office has done good work. Her civil division won a partial court battle against Big Tobacco that saved the state $120 million in an arbitration lawsuit and it also helped broker a settlement in a contentious fight between two western Pennsylvania health-care giants insurance provider Highmark and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. UPMC had refused to renew its contract to provide care for Highmark members after the insurance company contracted with a competing non-profit hospital system. The environmental division has charged two companies operating in the Marcellus Shale natural gas region with pollution crimes. Kane's child predator unit has made 188 arrests and her corruption unit has charged state Sen. LeAnna Washington, D-Montgomery, with using her office and staff for personal gain. If you feel my administration has made mistakes, that's certainly your prerogative, Kane said. But I will tell you we try our best, we work very hard. I'm a hard worker. My staff are hard workers. Do we ever do everything perfect? Probably not. Do we do things that upset people? Sure we do. No doubt about that. Sandusky case | |
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Revision as of 12:26, 25 September 2014
Her office has been humiliated by poorly executed criminal cases that have been tossed out by courts. Kane's verbal blunders and public disagreements with high ranking officials, including the state police commissioner and the Philadelphia district attorney, threaten to undermine her effectiveness, according to several current and former prosecutors interviewed by The Morning Call. It is impossible not to conclude that Attorney General Kane has lost a lot of the political capital she came into office with, said Republican Montgomery County Commissioner Bruce L. Castor Jr., a former district attorney who ran for attorney general in 2004. It has been squandered. Last week, leaders of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association slammed Kane for her criticism of the prosecutors who convicted Sandusky and her insistence, despite statements to the contrary, that Sandusky abused victims while he was under investigation. The focus on winning the news cycle has to end, the group said <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=Gucci-Hanbags>Gucci Hanbags</a> in an op-ed published Wednesday in The Philadelphia Inquirer.In early June, a Dauphin County district court judge dismissed fraud, perjury and witness intimidation charges Kane had filed against a Luzerne County defense attorney and a private investigator working on the case of alleged mass murderer Hugo Selenski. In a preliminary hearing, the judge found the attorney general's office didn't have enough evidence to prove its case. If you can't get by the preliminary hearing threshold in Pennsylvania, you don't have a case, said Temple University law professor Louis Natali.In March, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams rebuked Kane for claiming in The Philadelphia Inquirer that two of his staffers one a white prosecutor, the other a black investigator had run a deeply flawed public corruption investigation with a racial focus, which Kane later shut down because it exclusively targeted black state lawmakers. As the first African-American district attorney in the history of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania who oversees their work, I am confident they are not racist and it is regrettable that the attorney general would casually throw around such an explosive accusation, Williams wrote in a March 15 email to Inquirer reporters that was provided to The Morning Call by Williams' press secretary.In February, Schuylkill County Judge Jacqueline Russell delivered a scathing opinion dismissing an assisted suicide case Kane's office brought against a Philadelphia nurse charged with helping her terminally ill father end his life. The commonwealth's case appears to have been based on little independent investigation, significant hearsay, including double hearsay received from third persons, Russell wrote, throwing out the case that nearly cost Barbara Mancini her livelihood and put her in the spotlight of a national debate over assisted suicide.Kane interviewKane defended her actions and the work of her staff in written statements issued by her office and in an exclusive interview with The Morning Call last week. I've been elected the attorney general of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania based on my experience, Kane said in the interview. I've prosecuted sexual assault cases, murders, rapes, robbery, drugs, you name it, I've prosecuted them. The people of Pennsylvania believe I'm qualified. <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Christian-Louboutin-Boutiques>Christian Louboutin Boutiques</a> When asked how many criminal cases she had tried in Lackawanna County, Kane cited 12 years of experience as a prosecutor, but declined to give a number, saying, We can talk about better things than that. Kane has talent and it showed among her early successes as attorney general, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said, citing her decision not to defend Pennsylvania's gay marriage ban, which was backed up in May by a historic federal court decision. But Morganelli a Democrat who has been district attorney for more than two decades and twice ran unsuccessfully for attorney general said Kane's lack of managerial experience is now showing. Those of us who support her are concerned; she is backtracking all the time, Morganelli said.Kane has to fix her relationships with state police Commissioner Frank Noonan and Williams, get more experienced advisers and learn how <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=True-Religion-Fragrance-For-Women>True Religion Fragrance For Women</a> to handle tough media questions, Morganelli said. The concern going through the law enforcement community is she's got to get on the same page with state police, Morganelli said. We can't have these fights going on. Kane's tired of the turmoil, too. To be quite honest with you, I have so much on my plate and I am so tired of fighting with people, she said during the interview in her Harrisburg office.Kane said her office has done good work. Her civil division won a partial court battle against Big Tobacco that saved the state $120 million in an arbitration lawsuit and it also helped broker a settlement in a contentious fight between two western Pennsylvania health-care giants insurance provider Highmark and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. UPMC had refused to renew its contract to provide care for Highmark members after the insurance company contracted with a competing non-profit hospital system. The environmental division has charged two companies operating in the Marcellus Shale natural gas region with pollution crimes. Kane's child predator unit has made 188 arrests and her corruption unit has charged state Sen. LeAnna Washington, D-Montgomery, with using her office and staff for personal gain. If you feel my administration has made mistakes, that's certainly your prerogative, Kane said. But I will tell you we try our best, we work very hard. I'm a hard worker. My staff are hard workers. Do we ever do everything perfect? Probably not. Do we do things that upset people? Sure we do. No doubt about that. Sandusky case
