(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
I have written frequently about District Attorney Larry Krasner, the anti-police crusader that George Soros helped get elected in foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia. Mr Krasner ran promising to completely overhaul the prosecutor’s office, to:
Stop prosecuting insufficient and insignificant cases
Review past convictions, free the wrongfully convicted
Stop cash bail imprisonment
Protect immigrants while protecting everybody
Reject a return to the failed drug wars of the past
Stand up to police misconduct
In his first week in office, Mr Krasner fired 31 prosecutors from the District Attorney’s Office, including both junior and career supervisory staff. Up to one-third of the homicide prosecutors in the office were dismissed. Those fired represented nearly a 10% reduction in the number of Philadelphia assistant district attorneys.