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Guest Commentary: DA’s Office Releases Report on Racial Disparities in Philly’s Criminal Legal System

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|Date: June 20, 2023
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Guest Commentary: DA’s Office Releases Report on Racial Disparities in Philly’s Criminal Legal System

By the Philadelphia DA’s Office Philadelphia, CA - The District Attorney’s DATA (District Attorney’s Tran ...

By the Philadelphia DA’s Office Philadelphia, CA - The District Attorney’s DATA (District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics) Lab on Monday released a report showing that stark racial disparities persi ...

June 20, 2023
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PA Governor Continues Death Penalty Pause; Calls on General Assembly to Abolish the Death Penalty

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|Date: February 17, 2023
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PA Governor Continues Death Penalty Pause; Calls on General Assembly to Abolish the Death Penalty

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Harrisburg, PA – On Thursday, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Harrisburg, PA – On Thursday, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro announced that he will not issue any execution warrants during his term and called on the Genera ...

February 17, 2023
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Judge Finally Agrees to Release First Woman Exonerated by Philly Conviction Integrity Unit

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|Date: February 12, 2023
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Judge Finally Agrees to Release First Woman Exonerated by Philly Conviction Integrity Unit

By Elina Sadeghian PHILADELPHIA, PA – India Spellman—after 12 years in prison but now found not guilty—la ...

By Elina Sadeghian PHILADELPHIA, PA – India Spellman—after 12 years in prison but now found not guilty—last week became the first woman to be exonerated since the Conviction Integrity Unit was formed ...

February 12, 2023
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Court Throws Out Krasner’s Impeachment

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|Date: January 14, 2023
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Court Throws Out Krasner’s Impeachment

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – A commonwealth court this week threw a wrench i ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – A commonwealth court this week threw a wrench into Republican efforts to impeach Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner. Following the November 16, 20 ...

January 14, 2023
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Krasner Legal Team Believes Impeach Effort Is Unlawful; Krasner Charges That Opponents Are Losing in Elections and Resorting to Other Means

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2022
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Krasner Legal Team Believes Impeach Effort Is Unlawful; Krasner Charges That Opponents Are Losing in Elections and Resorting to Other Means

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – Last week, Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner’s lega ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – Last week, Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner’s legal team filed challenges to the Pennsylvania Republican Assembly’s attempt to impeach him prior ...

December 06, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 177: Miriam Krinsky, Changing Prosecutors from Within

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|Date: December 05, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 177: Miriam Krinsky, Changing Prosecutors from Within

Following the primary elections, reformers were braced for setbacks in the reform prosecutor movement, bu ...

Following the primary elections, reformers were braced for setbacks in the reform prosecutor movement, but a strange thing happened this November—that setback never came. Everyday Injustice spoke with ...

December 05, 2022
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More Community Leaders Announce Support for Embattled Progressive Philly Prosecutor Krasner

Posted by Leila Katibah
|Date: December 04, 2022
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More Community Leaders Announce Support for Embattled Progressive Philly Prosecutor Krasner

By Leila Katibah and Alexis Rios-Jimenez PHILADELPHIA, PA - This past week, the Philadelphia District Att ...

By Leila Katibah and Alexis Rios-Jimenez PHILADELPHIA, PA - This past week, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office released a statement highlighting the broad support for District Attorney Larry ...

December 04, 2022
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Krasner Challenges the Legality of Impeachment by Pennsylvania Legislature

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|Date: December 03, 2022
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Krasner Challenges the Legality of Impeachment by Pennsylvania Legislature

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – At a press conference earlier this week, Philad ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – At a press conference earlier this week, Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner called into question whether the Senate can impeach a city official. “T ...

December 03, 2022
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Washington Post Editorial: Impeachment of Philadelphia’s DA Misguided and Bad Precedent

Posted by Kevin Barragan
|Date: November 30, 2022
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Washington Post Editorial: Impeachment of Philadelphia’s DA Misguided and Bad Precedent

By Kevin Barragan and Michael McCutcheon PHILADELPHIA, PA - Philly District Attorney Larry Krasner has be ...

By Kevin Barragan and Michael McCutcheon PHILADELPHIA, PA - Philly District Attorney Larry Krasner has been impeached by the GOP-partisan Pennsylvania House 107-85 and a trial on the Senate side could ...

November 30, 2022
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90 Criminal Justice Leaders in Statement Oppose the Removal of Krasner

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|Date: November 19, 2022
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90 Criminal Justice Leaders in Statement Oppose the Removal of Krasner

Special to the Vanguard Philadelphia, PA - “Removing Larry Krasner from office would undermine the rule o ...

Special to the Vanguard Philadelphia, PA - “Removing Larry Krasner from office would undermine the rule of law, democracy, and public safety,” a bipartisan group of 88 criminal justice leaders from ac ...

November 19, 2022
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Lame Duck PA House GOP Votes to Impeach DA Krasner

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2022
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Lame Duck PA House GOP Votes to Impeach DA Krasner

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – It is a move many are calling an abuse of power ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – It is a move many are calling an abuse of power. The lame duck Pennsylvania House Republican majority voted for an impeachment resolution, wh ...

November 17, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Red Wave Never Came, and Neither Did the Anti-CJR Wave

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|Date: November 14, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Red Wave Never Came, and Neither Did the Anti-CJR Wave

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It was looking bleak for criminal justice reform in June —Chesa Bo ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It was looking bleak for criminal justice reform in June —Chesa Boudin in San Francisco was ousted, George Gascón in Los Angeles looked to be next, Democrats and ...

November 14, 2022
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NY Times Pens ‘Empire Strikes Back – Against Progressive Prosecutors’

Posted by Citlalli Florez
|Date: November 10, 2022
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NY Times Pens ‘Empire Strikes Back – Against Progressive Prosecutors’

By Citlalli Florez PHILADELPHIA, PA - There has been a recent movement by political players to oppose “re ...

By Citlalli Florez PHILADELPHIA, PA - There has been a recent movement by political players to oppose “reform” district attorneys, described as progressive prosecutors, and suggests while they do not ...

November 10, 2022
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Commentary: The War on Progressive Prosecutors Is Also a War on Democracy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 28, 2022
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Commentary: The War on Progressive Prosecutors Is Also a War on Democracy

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When the voters of San Francisco recalled DA Chesa Boudin barely t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When the voters of San Francisco recalled DA Chesa Boudin barely two years into a term coinciding with a worldwide pandemic and massive disruption, even though i ...

October 28, 2022
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Open Letter: DA Krasner Delivers Statement to PA GOP Lawmakers Determined to Impeach Him

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|Date: October 22, 2022
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Open Letter: DA Krasner Delivers Statement to PA GOP Lawmakers Determined to Impeach Him

By Larry Krasner Dear Members of the Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order: I had hoped that I coul ...

By Larry Krasner Dear Members of the Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order: I had hoped that I could appear with you in person at a public hearing and answer, under oath, any and all of your que ...

October 22, 2022
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Philly District Attorney Knocks GOP Effort to Remove Him from Office

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|Date: September 30, 2022
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Philly District Attorney Knocks GOP Effort to Remove Him from Office

By The Vanguard Staff PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Thursday said the G ...

By The Vanguard Staff PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Thursday said the GOP-led effort to remove him from office is “openly abusing the impeachment process,” and asked ...

September 30, 2022
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Philly DA Krasner Not Alone Among Progressive Prosecutors Fighting GOP Attacks

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|Date: September 21, 2022
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Philly DA Krasner Not Alone Among Progressive Prosecutors Fighting GOP Attacks

‘Gun crime in Philadelphia is an unbelievable problem and I get it, but I don’t know of any study that sa ...

‘Gun crime in Philadelphia is an unbelievable problem and I get it, but I don’t know of any study that says that is caused by the way Larry Krasner prosecutes crime,’ one expert said by Peter Hall, Pe ...

September 21, 2022
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State, Local Lawmakers Attack ‘Politically Motivated’ Effort to Remove Progressive Philly DA – Call It ‘Stunt’

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|Date: September 15, 2022
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State, Local Lawmakers Attack ‘Politically Motivated’ Effort to Remove Progressive Philly DA – Call It ‘Stunt’

By The Vanguard Staff PHILADELPHIA, PA – Civic leaders and elected officials rallied here Wednesday on be ...

By The Vanguard Staff PHILADELPHIA, PA – Civic leaders and elected officials rallied here Wednesday on behalf of embattled, progressive District Attorney Larry Krasner, calling the effort to remove th ...

September 15, 2022
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Commentary: They’ve Tried Every Which Way to Derail Criminal Justice Reform – Florida Might Be the Worst

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 17, 2022
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Commentary: They’ve Tried Every Which Way to Derail Criminal Justice Reform – Florida Might Be the Worst

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week we learned that the recall bid for George Gascón fell ju ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week we learned that the recall bid for George Gascón fell just short of the signature requirements. The recall campaign had previously told the media that ...

August 17, 2022
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Krasner Continues to Push for Reform, Pushes for Pamela Price in Alameda

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|Date: July 19, 2022
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Krasner Continues to Push for Reform, Pushes for Pamela Price in Alameda

The forces of the status continue to try to take Larry Krasner down. They have tried to strip him of pow ...

The forces of the status continue to try to take Larry Krasner down. They have tried to strip him of power, they tried to defeat him electorally only to see him win with more than 60 percent of the v ...

July 19, 2022
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