Larry Krasner | |
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| 26th District Attorney of Philadelphia | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Kelley B. Hodge (Acting) |
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| Born | Lawrence Samuel Krasner March 30, 1961 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Lisa Rau |
| Education | University of Chicago (BA) Stanford University (JD) |
Lawrence Samuel Krasner[1] (born March 30, 1961) is an American lawyer who is the 26th District Attorney of Philadelphia.[2] Elected to the position in 2017, Krasner was one of the first U.S. district attorney candidates to run as a self-described "progressive prosecutor".[3] He campaigned on a platform to reform elements of the criminal justice system and to reduce incarceration.
Krasner's policies include ending criminal charges against those caught with marijuana possession, ending cash bail for those accused of some misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, reducing supervision for parolees, and seeking more lenient sentences for certain crimes.[4] During his time in office, he has pursued police misconduct and advocated for greater police accountability.[5]
In 2022, Krasner was impeached by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on multiple counts; several counts related to various alleged "dereliction[s] of duty" and "misbehavior[s] in office", and another alleged that Krasner had attempted to obstruct the legislative probe that led to his impeachment.[6] An impeachment trial was scheduled to take place in the Pennsylvania Senate, but was indefinitely postponed. In September 2024, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the articles of impeachment had expired.
- ^ "SESSION OF 2022 206TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 53" (PDF). Legislative Journal - House. Pennsylvania General Assembly. November 30, 2022. p. 7. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ^ "Larry Krasner's Campaign to End Mass Incarceration". The New Yorker. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
- ^ Cohen, Rachel M. (October 5, 2022). "Philadelphia elected a progressive prosecutor twice. The state government wants to fire him anyway". Vox. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ Melamed, Samantha (March 21, 2019). "Philly DA Larry Krasner: We took on mass incarceration. Now we're addressing mass supervision". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- ^ Feuer, Alan (June 17, 2017). "He Sued Police 75 Times. Democrats Want Him as Philadelphia's Top Prosecutor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
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