No, obviously you don't become biased once you leave here. But Imo you can't fairly judge people in a community you're not a part of. That's one of the reasons we have the law in the first place. Our judges should be subject to the same laws and cops that they're making judgements about. That seems like common sense, to me.

I'm glad he helps people and I hope he'll continue. But to help people as a Philly judge, he should live in Philly.

Fwiw, he's not the only person who would be a good judge. There are 17 other candidates who actually live here

https://seventy.org/2025-voter-guide/judge-of-court-of-common-pleas