Biography

Matthew T. Mangino is the former district attorney of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He also spent a six year term on the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. He is currently 'Of Counsel' with Luxenberg, Garbett, Kelly and George, P.C.
Mangino's book The Executioner's Toll, 2010 was published by McFarland & Company.  The book is available HERE
His weekly column on crime and punishment was syndicated nationwide by GateHouse Media and Gannett. He is an adjunct professor at Thiel College.
Mangino's articles have been published in the Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Harrisburg Patriot News. He had a regular column in regularly to the Youngstown Vindicator. Mangino is a featured columnist for the Pennsylvania Law Weekly and a regular contributor to The Crime Report.
Mangino is a trial analyst for Law and Crime Network and a regular contributor to Crime Stories with Nancy Grace and a guest legal analyst on Court TV. He has provided legal commentary for ID Discovery, A&E, CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews, Al Jazeera-America and National Public Radio. In addition to his law degree from Duquesne University, Mangino earned a masters degree in criminology from the University of Pennsylvania.
Mangino served on the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission's Advisory Committee on Capital Punishment.
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