Elections
The spotlight is on Philadelphia Democrats on Tuesday, with former star prosecutor Carlos Vega making a strong move to dethrone former defense attorney Larry Krasner as district attorney, an office he has no business holding. Krasner is salt in the sugar bowl. The prime directive of the D.A. is
Politics
It is very rare, in Philadelphia, for a district attorney’s race to catch fire. It has this year and the outcome is of national interest. Why? Because far-left Democratic incumbent Larry Krasner, 60, is one of “George’s Boys” — a clutch of D.A.’s (not all male), who
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Most political endorsements, to repeat John Nance Garner’s infamous quote about the vice presidency, are “not worth a bucket of warm piss.” Ed Rendell’s is different. He surprised everyone Tuesday with his endorsement of Carlos Vega for district attorney. Why is it different? The majority of Philadelphia, friend
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The job of the district attorney is to protect the public, prosecute the accused and administer justice. Larry Krasner has failed on the first two, and has a questionable record on the third. He should be fired. By his own omission during his last campaign, protecting the public and prosecuting
Larry Krasner
Jim O’Brien was Larry Krasner’s punching bag for a few years — he and his colleagues in Arraignment Court, where bail is set for those accused of crime. He could not talk about it while he was still an employee of Municipal Court, which oversees Arraignment Court. His retirement
Guns
A picture is worth 1,000 words, they say. So is a graph. Look at this one: Radical reformer Larry Krasner took over the Philadelphia district attorney’s office in January 2018, promising sweeping changes and restorative justice, whatever that means. Change we got, and it's not good.
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You have to crawl to the bottom of this Chris Brennan column to get to the (marginal) Good News for reform D.A. candidate Carlos Vega. Reform? You thought Larry Krasner was the reformer? Yes, Krasner claimed that when he ran in 2017, but now that we have seen the
Police
Anti-cop critics may not have to actually “defund the police.” Philadelphia police are depopulating their own ranks in an unprecedented dash for the doors. More Philadelphia police officers have put in for DROP this past year than in any year in the past decade, except for one, which indicates deep
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Almost immediately after newly-elected D.A. Larry Krasner arrived at his 3 Penn Square office in 2018, he went ballistic, firing experienced prosecutors, including Carlos Vega, whose speciality was homicide. (He and other veteran staffers are suing the D.A. for age discrimination.) Vega faced Krasner in court just once.
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He will do it not for himself, but for the victims, he says. He is Carlos Vega, 64, who prosecuted almost 450 accused murderers during a 35-year career in the Philadelphia District Attorney's office and who was fired shortly after Larry Krasner took office in 2018. He lost
Larry Krasner
What is a life worth, and what is an accident? These two questions were entwined with the sentencing of Matthew Oropeza, 25, to 2-5 years in jail for killing Drew Justice, 38, in January 2019. I wrote about the case at the time. Oropeza broke down at his sentencing, all
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A 12-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, Richard Nicoletti, 35, is being railroaded. The train’s engineer is the Dudley Do-Right of the Far Left, Philly D.A. Larry Krasner, whose idea of law enforcement is to persecute law enforcers. Lefty Larry is assisted by craven Police Commissioner Danielle