Larry Krasner

Lawrence Samuel Krasner (born March 30, 1961) is an American lawyer who is the 26th District Attorney of Philadelphia. Elected to the position in 2017, Krasner was one of the first in the United States to run as a self-described "progressive prosecutor". He campaigned on a platform to reform elements of the criminal justice system, including reduced incarceration. During his tenure as DA, Krasner has sought to spearhead criminal justice reform. His policies include ending criminal charges against those caught with marijuana possession, ending cash bail for those accused of some misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, reducing supervision for parolees, and seeking more lenient sentences for certain crimes. During his time in office, he has advocated for greater police accountability and pursued police misconduct. Penguin Random House published Krasner's memoir, For the People: A Story of Justice and Power, in 2021. In 2022, Krasner was impeached by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on multiple counts; several were for various alleged "dereliction[s] of duty" and "misbehavior[s] in office", and another was for attempting to obstruct the legislative probe that sought to impeach him. An impeachment trial was scheduled to take place in the Pennsylvania Senate, but was indefinitely postponed. The following day, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania opined that none of the alleged derelictions or misbehaviors were impeachable offenses. Early life and education Krasner was born in St. Louis in 1961. His father, William Krasner, was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, an author of crime fiction, and his mother, Juanita Frazier, was an evangelical Christian minister. His family moved to the Philadelphia area while he was still attending public school. He graduated from Conestoga High School in 1979.