Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh has come under fire for the second time from the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation – a newly formed non-profit death penalty resource center in Philadelphia. They went before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week, questioning the number of death penalty cases Walsh has worked on. In a filing supplement to their original petition, the agency now quotes Washington County Coroner Tim Warco as saying that Walsh lied to a county judge and coerced Warco to file a fraudulent death certificate for a deceased child. The agency quotes Warco as saying that Walsh told him, “You know that I need this to be a homicide, I need it to win an election.” All of these actions follow The Atlantic Center’s request on behalf of two clients, Jordan Clarke and Joshua George, who are charged separately in the deaths of their infant children. It alleges Walsh is seeking the death penalty against them despite scant evidence that the deaths were intentional or especially cruel. Walsh spoke with WJPA News, calling this a smear campaign. Warco offered “No comment.” (PHOTO: Washington County website)