From the Pittsburgh Tribune Review:

Attorney General Tom Corbett handcuffed and paraded legislative corruption suspects in front of the news media to make it “look like he’s tough on crime,” his election opponent said Monday.

The “perp walk” Corbett orchestrated July 11 was “unnecessary … and was just done for the press,” said Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli, a Democrat. “I wouldn’t have done it.”

However, he called the behavior alleged against the House Democrats “egregious.”

Morganelli criticized his opponent’s handling of the case, in which 12 current and former House Democrats face charges of theft, conspiracy and conflict of interest. Corbett, a Republican, has said the investigation continues and that his office is looking at House and Senate Democrats and Republicans.

“If John Morganelli wants to treat criminals with kid gloves, then I’m sure criminals will support him for attorney general,” said Corbett’s spokesman, Kevin Harley.

Morganelli, who is challenging Corbett in the November election, said Corbett might have blown it by serving a search warrant on only House Democrats. Doing so could have permitted the three other caucuses to hide or destroy records, he said.

“I’ve been a (district attorney) for 16 years,” Morganelli said, “and when you have four potential targets, all involved in the same type of conduct, you act simultaneously.”

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