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City just yesterday. the carjackings are more than triple the number in 2019, that's on top of the city's alr already-high murder rate. "the wall street journal" says criminals feel it's urban hunting season. "the philadelphia inquirer" started digging into what it calls the disarray of the district attorney's office. it says the office lost 261 attorneys during crassner's first term. the office employees a total of only 340 lawyers. we asked the d.a. for comment but there was no response. my next guest is a former assistant district attorney who worked under crassner. chris, is this a manager...

>> absolutely. and they're people who really care and really work hard. and it's interesting, you reference a 30-second commercial. everything in the office is politics. it's like every meeting is a public speech for larry to advertise his campaign. it's never about, here is the new technology you have to make your cases easier to try. here is the new support system we have for you to make sure your victims get correct outreach. here is the new technology that will make it easier to present cases to juries. so it was really just all about ideology and nothing about getting the people on the gr...

>> i think there's a great risk that it could swing back, because the fact is, is that it's one of those things where you had an issue of mass in incarceration for minor crimes. now the issue is can these prosecutors try these cases fairly and justly so people can trust the process. so far in philadelphia that answer is clearly no. >> chris lynette, thank you very much for being here. >> thank you very much for having me, have a great holiday. >> you too. okay. favorite story of the week. i have an early holiday treat for you. check this out. so why are those students