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Basic facts and background

• Biographical sketch
• Platform & Policies
• Statements
• Endorsements

Video

• YouTube channel
  • Video testimonials
  • Endorsement by powerful women
• On-site clips
  • Declaration of candidacy - Feb 8
    • full (11:45)
  • Larry Krasner on Larry Krasner
    • full (4:13)
  • Speech to supporters - March 24
    • full (8:20)
    • full (12:59)
  • Speech at Tax Day rally - April 15
    • full (6:08)
• Off-site clips
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  • Mini-doc: Larry Krasner, Candidate for DA (by Michael Candelori)
    • full (7:34)
  • Chestnut Hill debate - March 23
    • full (1:49:17)
    • highlight: The core of the problem is the culture of the DA's Office
  • At forum on juvenile lifers - April 7
    • introduction (9:34)
  • Millennial Town Hall - April 12
    • full (2:00:54)
    • highlight: The real solution to gun violence
  • Conversation about race, mass incarceration and more (Hood Newz) - April 25
    • full (17:14)
    • highlight: Who is Larry Krasner?
    • highlight: Stop-and-frisk
    • highlight: Repairing police-community relations
    • highlight: Cash bail reform
    • highlight: My vision for the DA's Office

Photos

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News articles and analysis

About Larry Krasner

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Related articles: National

• Are Prosecutors the Key to Justice Reform? | The Atlantic
  Prosecutors “choose how harshly to go after someone, how lenient to go ... They have tremendous power.”

• The Hour of the Attorneys General | The American Prospect
  State Democratic AGs have assumed new importance in the effort to contain the Trump presidency.

• Above the Law: On the Prospects of Prosecutorial Reform | Counterpunch
  If absolute immunity makes the prosecutor untouchable, absolute discretion liberates him to wield the law however he chooses.

• How to Run Against a Tough-on-Crime DA — and Win | Slate
  How reformer Scott Colom unseated an incumbent with 25 harsh years on the job.

• Justice Springs Eternal | The New York Times (Sunday Review)
  The movement to reduce the prison population and make our criminal justice system more humane is stronger than ever.

Related articles: Philadelphia

• A Reckoning in Philadelphia | The Atlantic
  The city is in the midst of undoing decades of damage caused by its justice system.

• Locked up for being poor: Can next Philly DA fix the bail mess? | The Philadelphia Inquirer
  Some advocates believe that for the first time there’s a real chance to abolish cash bail in America’s fifth-largest city.

• Philly leads the nation in a dubious category: juvenile life without parole. Does it need to be this way? | The Philadelphia Citizen
  Pennsylvania leads all states with the most people serving life without parole for youthful convictions, with Philadelphia accounting for the lion’s share. 

• Mandatory minimums don't reduce recidivism. So why is Pa. weighing bringing them back? | The Philadelphia Inquirer
  Critics point to evidence that mandatory minimums are not effective crime deterrents and do not reduce recidivism.

• More than half of Philly's murders go unsolved | The Philadelphia Inquirer
  More often than at any point in recent memory, people have been getting away with murder in Philadelphia.

Related articles: Topics

• How We Misunderstood Mass Incarceration | The New Yorker
  What makes for the madness of American incarceration? Pfaff has a simple explanation: it’s prosecutors.

• Florida Prosecutor Takes a Bold Stand Against Death Penalty | The New York Times
  Ms. Ayala said that the death penalty had failed as a deterrent and that it did nothing to protect law enforcement officers. She also cited the length of time between sentencing and execution, which often exceeds a decade, and the costs of capital cases.

• The Bail Trap | The New York Times
  Every year, thousands of innocent people are sent to jail only because they can’t afford to post bail, putting them at risk of losing their jobs, custody of their children — even their lives.

• The Dangerous Domino Effect of Not Making Bail | The Atlantic
  America’s money-bail system mostly traps low-level offenders who can’t afford their freedom while awaiting trial.

• Why the Gutting of Civil-Forfeiture Reform Matters to All of Us | Philadelphia magazine
  Philadelphia in particular has long been singled out by experts for its punishing civil-asset forfeiture efforts.

•  Why Cops Don’t Get Charged When They Lie | Vice
  Even when police cross the "blue wall of silence" and tell on fellow officers who beat suspects and lie about it, some prosecutors don't know or don't care.