Second chance. But he did admit that the ethics case against him, the largest fine in the history of the ethics board, which was exacted about a month ago, did become a distraction for him, so he wont seek reelection, and he also talked about how he as an orphan, as a child, went on to become the first africanamerican District Attorney in the history of the city of philadelphia. Harold, this a big surprise to you . It is a surprise, the announcement that hes not running. Id been convinced that he would run in the next election. I didnt know how successful he would be. For all of us who remember seth running for election against Lynne Abraham the first time, the animosity between the two, because he had worked for her, and the promise and the goals that he had as a young District Attorney. And he fulfilled a lot of that promise, but ethics matter, and i noted in his announcement he tried to make a big deal of the fact that there were so many questions about the ethics mistakes as oppose
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