Convicted Ex-Pa. County Official Blames 'Do-Nothing' Counsel

By Alex Wolf (April 10, 2015, 1:37 PM EDT) -- A former Lackawanna County commissioner, convicted and sentenced on bribery and extortion charges, asked a Pennsylvania federal court Thursday for a new trial because of ineffective assistance of counsel, saying his former attorneys failed to adequately prepare for his case and incompetently represented him in court....

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