Submitted by electric_ranger t3_ydwovo in philadelphia
1up t1_itv2ll9 wrote
Reply to comment by AbsentEmpire in Hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted in officer's 1981 death, set for Wednesday by electric_ranger
Why would Krasner celebrate it if abu-jamal got a retrial? His office is actively opposing this request.
electric_ranger OP t1_itv85wi wrote
People reflexively assume “krasner good” or “krasner bad” without considering the many, many, variables.
People incorrectly assume Krasner doesn’t prosecute any crimes.
TreeMac12 t1_itxs959 wrote
"On Wednesday, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner dropped his opposition to the appeal, opening a potential — though far from assured — avenue to freedom for Abu-Jamal, an outcome that had previously seemed impossible."
“District Attorney Larry Krasner did the right thing when he withdrew his office’s appeal in Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case,” the Amistad Law Project, a Pennsylvania-based prisoner advocacy and prison abolitionist organization, wrote in a statement. “This shows commitment to individualized justice.”
https://theintercept.com/2019/04/20/mumia-abu-jamal-larry-krasner/
and:
https://www.pacourts.us/Storage/media/pdfs/20210604/174602-file-8427.pdf
AbsentEmpire t1_itvrkz5 wrote
He was involved in this case on Mumia's behalf prior to being the DA and talked about it a lot prior to becoming the DA .
1up t1_itvv8gf wrote
That is not true though. Krasner never represented abu-jamal or worked on any of his cases when he was in private practice.
vertical_attorney t1_itwiyow wrote
Source?
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