Progressive Philadelphia DA s big primary win boosts reform movement momentum Alicia Victoria Lozano © Provided by NBC News
In a big win for the growing criminal justice reform movement, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner decisively beat his center-of-left challenger in a Democratic primary that pitted the incumbent’s progressive reforms against a rising tide of violent crime.
Krasner is one of several reformers who have taken over district attorney s offices in cities including Chicago, Baltimore and Los Angeles. Tuesday s primary was seen as a referendum on whether the current wave of reform-minded prosecutors would be blamed for increasing gun violence and whether the progressive movement could survive an uptick in homicides across the country.
Progressive Philadelphia DA s big primary win boosts reform movement momentum
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