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LaTonya Myers (Credit: Yoni Brook) LaTonya “T.” Myers, Activist and Bail Navigator, Defender Association  Formerly incarcerated person-turned-activist and the first-ever Bail Navigator for the Defender Association of Philadelphia, a position to help those arrested navigate the bail review system.  Prior to joining the Defender Association, Myers’s life was upended while she sat in jail saddled with a $1,500 bail that she couldn’t afford to pay. She’d been in and out of the system for much of her life, but the issue of unaffordable bail and pretrial incarceration turned her onto ac...

Review: In ‘Philly D.A.,’ a Reformer Prosecutes the System The gripping PBS documentary series is a richly detailed look at what happens when an idealist gets actual power. “Philly D.A.” tracks the reform efforts of Larry Krasner, center, a civil rights lawyer turned district attorney in Philadelphia.Credit...Yoni Brook/PBS Philly D.A. NYT Critic's Pick “Philly D.A.,” a new documentary series from “Independent Lens” on PBS, never steps inside a courtroom. There are no surprise witnesses, no brutal cross-examinations, no stunning verdicts. But it’s ...

PHILLY D.A., PREMIERING APRIL 20, 2021 Docuseries set in the office of the Philadelphia District Attorney over course of three years follows unapologetic reformer Larry Krasner and his team as they transform the criminal justice system from the inside “Philly D.A.” marks INDEPENDENT LENS’ most ambitious episodic project to date   PBS’s Emmy-Award winning documentary anthology series INDEPENDENT LENS announced that “Philly D.A.”, a groundbreaking docuseries from PBS and ITVS, will premiere on April 20, 2021. The eight-part series takes viewers into the office of Philadelphia Distr...

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Even before the 2020 killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, attempts at criminal justice reform were beginning to take root, including in Philadelphia with the 2017 election of civil rights attorney Larry Krasner as