Presssure Mounts On Allegheny County District Attorney To Resign - Pittsburgh, PA - Many are calling for Stephen Zappala to step down after refusing to negotiate plea bargains with a Black attorney critical of his office.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala has faced significant fallout for an email he sent in May to his deputy prosecutors forbidding them from offering.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala, a Democrat in Pennsylvania, sparked outrage in the legal community after he reportedly forbade all of the deputy prosecutors in his office from offering plea deals to the clients of a prominent Black attorney who called the prosecutor's office “systematically racist” in court.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala drew swift condemnation Wednesday in the wake of a report that he had ordered local prosecutors to deny plea deals to a Black criminal defense attorney who accused the DA’s office of systemic racism.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala, a Democrat in Pennsylvania, sparked outrage in the legal community after he reportedly forbade all of the deputy prosecutors in his office from offering plea deals to the clients of a prominent Black attorney who called the prosecutor's office “systematically racist” in court. The post County DA Allegedly Forbade Offering Plea Deals to Clients of Black Attorney Who Called His Office.