Larry Krasner's Fate as Philadelphia Prosecutor
The Atlantic Will Democrats Abandon a Criminal-Justice Reformer? Larry Krasner’s bid for reelection as Philadelphia’s district attorney will test whether a progressive prosecutor can survive a spike in gun violence. Christopher Lee / VII / Redux PHILADELPHIA—On a recent Saturday morning, Larry Krasner was explaining to me why gun violence and murders have spiked in Philadelphia over the past year—and why the criminal-justice reforms he instituted as the city’s district attorney are not to blame. The fault, he said, lies with the pandemic and its shutdown of schools, summer camps, jo...
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