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A civil rights watchdog group has slapped a Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas judge with 62 misconduct claims stemming from allegations of "abusive" and "racist" behavior and accusations that his decisions played a role in the death of a 26-year-old Black man in county jail.
A legal rights group in Pittsburgh says it has filed dozens of misconduct complaints against Allegheny County Judge Anthony Mariani.
A local public interest law firm has filed 62 complaints against a county judge, who it accuses of “impatient, undignified, and discourteous” behavior and bias against Black men, older people, and people with mental or behavioral health issues.
An advocacy group that has spent the last two years observing criminal proceedings in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court and has been highly critical of the overuse of probation in the county, last month filed more than five dozen misconduct complaints against Judge Anthony M. Mariani with the state Judicial
Two years after launching its Allegheny County court-watching program, the ALC is looking to boost its volunteers numbers to bring greater accountability and transparency to the criminal justice process.