Under Philly DA Krasner “Criminals Aren’t Getting Punishment”

With homicides up 32% in Philadelphia so far this year, after a record-setting 499 people were murdered in 2020, many people including defense attorneys are questioning progressive District Attorney Larry Krasner’s reform policies, including his refusal to prosecute most property and drug criminals.  Joseph Simonson of the Washington Examiner reports that the vast majority (86%) of homicide victims are black although blacks make up just 44% of the city’s population.  Defense attorney Charles Peruto, who’s running to replace Krasner, said that due to his sweeping soft-on-crime reforms he and his colleagues “are down on their number of clients.  This Krasner is killing us.  It sounds funny….but it’s hurting the public.”

Peruto noted that criminals are aware of Krasner’s policies;  “Criminals aren’t getting punishment…..Word gets around rapidly on the street.”  Krasner was elected in 2017 with $1.5 million in support from progressive hedge-fund billionaire George Soros.

Soros money also help elect progressive Chicago State’s Attorney Kim Foxx  in 2017 and re-elect her in 2020.  According to the New York Daily News,  2020 was the second deadliest year in the city in two decades, with 769 murders and 4,033 shootings.  During her tenure, Foxx has implemented charging and sentencing policies similar to those of Krasner, and recently-elected Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón, another Soros purchase.