Brad Bumsted of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review lays it out:
The case arguably is the weakest of the corruption cases. That’s not to say [ex-state Rep. Sean Ramaley will] win a not-guilty verdict. But it was in my view a 50-50 shot as the trial got under way. Those are good odds at the start of a trial when you need to convince only one of 12 jurors that you’re innocent and, perhaps, get a mistrial.
Corbett’s opponents will blister him if he loses the first legislative corruption trial. Again, that’s because it’s first. No one will mention or much care that he already has five guilty plea agreements among the 11 other Democrat defendants.
In baseball, for instance, a pitcher with a 5-1 record would by any measure be considered successful. But Corbett now is competing in the court of public opinion as much as in the courtroom itself.
