North Philly police standoff

The North Philly search warrant and PPD’s history of raids gone wrong

They've resulted in both police and civilian deaths.

‘Lights for Liberty’ vigils, protests draw thousands rallying against ICE raids and border camps

Marchers in Philadelphia said they were trying to "catch the attention of those who can fix broken immigration laws.” 

Philly Starbucks arrests

The Year in Starbucks: How the coffee giant has remained in the local spotlight

There's been no lack of Philly drama since last year’s unwarranted arrests.

DA Larry Krasner’s next goal: “End mass supervision.” PA has more people on parole or probation than almost any other state.

DA Larry Krasner is on the hook for a $4k campaign finance violation — he accepted about $11k more than he should have in staffing help from the Real Justice PAC

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Activist DeRay Mckesson’s ‘Pod Save the People’ is coming to Philly in Feb, and DA Larry Krasner is the guest

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The Philly DA’s office discovered six boxes stuffed with files on the Mumia Abu-Jamal case at an off-site storage locker. “Free Mumia” supporters think they contain proof of his innocence.

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Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal are pressuring DA Larry Krasner to not interfere with the convicted killer’s appeal process

A few weeks after North Philly residents protested a corner store selling toy guns, Mayor Kenney and DA Krasner spoke out against the realistic replicas.

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Philly DA moves to reverse controversial plea deal for gunman in AK-47 shooting

An assistant district attorney admitted making a procedural error in the case.

GQ names Philly its ‘City of the Year’ with nods to everyone from DA Larry Krasner to South Philly Barbacoa’s Cristina Martínez

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The Chester County DA ripped into Larry Krasner and whistled to suburbanites about Philly’s “violence and lawlessness” coming their way

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Larry Krasner has withdrawn the Philly DA’s office from the state’s largest prosecutors’ association, saying it represents ‘the voice of the past’

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A West Philly business owner was stunned to learn the man who shot him with an AK-47 received a minimum of 3.5 years in prison

Election 2018

More than 80 Philly officials will monitor polls to fight election fraud on Nov. 6

This year's effort is just as intense as 2016.

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NYT takes a long look at Larry Krasner’s first year as DA

"We’re going to turn the country into a place where criminal records are not documents of racism."

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The New Yorker details the ins and outs of Larry Krasner’s fledgling tenure as Philly DA

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Philly DA Larry Krasner is going after police officers for illegal stop-and-frisks

He might be the country's first district attorney to do it.

Krasner’s office is seeking an immediate trial in the homicide case against former PPD officer Ryan Pownall. Defense attorneys want a preliminary hearing first

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Civil asset forfeiture reform: Don’t expect Philly DA and police to stop seizing money anytime soon

But they vow to be more judicious and fair about it.