New Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery, the former Philadelphia cop and Superior Court judge who once presided over Eagles Court, is already bringing some color to the generally staid proceedings of the Supreme Court.
The Court was in session in Philadelphia yesterday, presiding over cases including several death-row cases. He listened to a case about a death row inmate, and seethed. He said he had restrained himself with difficulty, then noted to one defense attorney that the family of one murder victim had been waiting 25 years for justice. He reminded the attorney that "I was the one who picked up the bodies," and notified family members in such cases. "It's all so sterile, it's all so mechanical," within the Supreme Court's chambers, he smoldered. But what about the family members, he asked. "Do we care about them?"
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