John Pettit (attorney), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American lawyer
Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1935
Date of Death: 30-Oct-2010
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About John Pettit (attorney)
- John Pettit (July 13, 1935 – October 30, 2010) was a long-time District Attorney of Washington County, Pennsylvania.
- He attended Washington High School, the University of Pennsylvania, and The Dickinson School of Law.He and Judge Paul Pozonsky founded the county's first drug treatment court in 2004.
- He was criticized for using jailhouse informants during his 24-year-long tenure as district attorney, leading to a murder conviction being overturned.
- At the time of the 2007 defeat for re-election, losing to Steven Toprani, he was being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a grand jury for preferential treatment to friends and political supporters as district attorney.
- Ultimately, he was never indicted.
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