NEW STUDY: A Correlation between Politics and Capital Punishment
By Lily Rusk WASHINGTON, DC – There appears to be a strong correlation between capital punishment and…
Philly DA Won’t Retry Rice after Conviction Vacated Last November
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia – Larry Krasner announced on Monday at a press conference…
Guest Commentary: Philly DA Denounces Act 40 as Authoritarian Warning Shot Ahead of Critical 2024 Election Year
by Larry Krasner District Attorney Larry Krasner on Thursday issued a stark warning to pro-democracy Pennsylvanians following…
Guest Commentary: DA’s Office Releases Report on Racial Disparities in Philly’s Criminal Legal System
By the Philadelphia DA’s Office Philadelphia, CA – The District Attorney’s DATA (District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics) Lab…
PA Governor Continues Death Penalty Pause; Calls on General Assembly to Abolish the Death Penalty
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Harrisburg, PA – On Thursday, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro announced that…
Judge Finally Agrees to Release First Woman Exonerated by Philly Conviction Integrity Unit
By Elina Sadeghian PHILADELPHIA, PA – India Spellman—after 12 years in prison but now found not guilty—last…
Court Throws Out Krasner’s Impeachment
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – A commonwealth court this week threw a wrench…
Krasner Legal Team Believes Impeach Effort Is Unlawful; Krasner Charges That Opponents Are Losing in Elections and Resorting to Other Means
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – Last week, Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner’s legal team…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 177: Miriam Krinsky, Changing Prosecutors from Within
Following the primary elections, reformers were braced for setbacks in the reform prosecutor movement, but a strange…
More Community Leaders Announce Support for Embattled Progressive Philly Prosecutor Krasner
By Leila Katibah and Alexis Rios-Jimenez PHILADELPHIA, PA – This past week, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office…
Krasner Challenges the Legality of Impeachment by Pennsylvania Legislature
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – At a press conference earlier this week, Philadelphia…
Washington Post Editorial: Impeachment of Philadelphia’s DA Misguided and Bad Precedent
By Kevin Barragan and Michael McCutcheon PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philly District Attorney Larry Krasner has been impeached by…
90 Criminal Justice Leaders in Statement Oppose the Removal of Krasner
Special to the Vanguard Philadelphia, PA – “Removing Larry Krasner from office would undermine the rule of…
Lame Duck PA House GOP Votes to Impeach DA Krasner
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Philadelphia, PA – It is a move many are calling an…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Red Wave Never Came, and Neither Did the Anti-CJR Wave
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It was looking bleak for criminal justice reform in June —Chesa…
NY Times Pens ‘Empire Strikes Back – Against Progressive Prosecutors’
By Citlalli Florez PHILADELPHIA, PA – There has been a recent movement by political players to oppose…
Commentary: The War on Progressive Prosecutors Is Also a War on Democracy
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When the voters of San Francisco recalled DA Chesa Boudin barely…
Open Letter: DA Krasner Delivers Statement to PA GOP Lawmakers Determined to Impeach Him
By Larry Krasner Dear Members of the Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order: I had hoped…
Philly District Attorney Knocks GOP Effort to Remove Him from Office
By The Vanguard Staff PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Thursday said the GOP-led effort…
Philly DA Krasner Not Alone Among Progressive Prosecutors Fighting GOP Attacks
‘Gun crime in Philadelphia is an unbelievable problem and I get it, but I don’t know of…
