Politics & Government
Seth Williams: Facebook Relationships Won't Affect Potential Prosecutions
The district attorney posted something on the matter on his Facebook page.
District Attorney Seth Williams is making sure he won't get involved in any conflicts of interest when it comes to Facebook.
After when it was discovered that she was Facebook friends with the judge in her case, questions about the matter surfaced in court.
after it was orignially thrown out by Judge Charles V. Hayden.
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Williams didn't specifically mention the Parker case in a Facebook post addressing the matter. But the post was certainly related in some way to that. In that case, Williams recused himself from trying Parker, as he is friends with the Democrat, who represents Chestnut Hill.
"Regularly scheduled Facebook 'friendship' disclaimer," he wrote. "Your use and viewing of this page does not constitute 'friendship' to bar criminal prosecution in the City and County of Philadelphia by the Office of the District Attorney."
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There were 71 likes and 22 comments on the post as of 4:10 p.m. Tuesday.
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