Arbitrariness
,Costs
,Race
,New Voices
,Nov 09, 2017
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — the nation’s third largest death-penalty county — has elected as its new district attorney a cand…
Innocence
,Mar 01, 2024
On February 27, 2024, Common Pleas Court Judge Barbara A. McDermott approved a motion from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office to dismiss first-degree murd…
Costs
,Race
,Sentencing Data
,Nov 16, 2018
During his election campaign, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner described the economic wastefulness of city prosecutors’ pursuit of the death penalty as “lighting money on fire.” A DPIC analysis of the outcomes of the more than 200 deat…
Innocence
,Feb 12, 2021
Pennsylvania death-row exoneree Christopher Williams (pictured) was released from prison on February 9, 2021, after being exonerated in a second murder case. The second wrongful murder conviction had kept Williams incarcerated aft…
Public Opinion
,May 20, 2021
In a primary election widely considered a referendum on reform prosecutors, incumbent Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner easily secured a victory against former Philadelphia homicide prosecutor Carlos Vega
Innocence
,Aug 16, 2021
NBC’s true crime series, Dateline, featured an episode on August 13, 2021 on the wrongful conviction and eventual exoneration of former Philadelphia death-row prisoner Walter Ogrod (pictured). The episode, entitled “The I…
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Mar 06, 2020
After a review of the case by its Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU), the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office has told a state trial court that death-row prisoner Walter Ogrod (pictured) is “likely innocent,” tha…
Arbitrariness
,Race
,Representation
,New Voices
,Jul 18, 2019
Citing race disparities, ineffective representation by court-appointed lawyers, and arbitrary case outcomes, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to strike down the …
Public Opinion
,Sentencing Data
,Jan 04, 2018
Saying “[a] movement was sworn in today,” long-time civil-rights lawyer Larry Krasner (pictured) — who pledged to end Philadelphia’s use of the death penalty — took the oath of office on January 2 as district attorney in a county that…
May 17, 2017
In a repudiation of the city’s past history as one of the nation’s leading producers of death sentences, Philadelphia has joined the trend of major national jurisdictions to select reform candidates who have pledged to limit or el…
