PHILADELPHIA (January 3, 2022) – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has granted federal habeas relief to Willie Stokes, who has been serving a life sentence for murder since 1984 despite his conviction resting largely on a key witness who pleaded guilty to perjury...
On Monday, January 3, 2022, the People’s Virtual Inauguration for Philadelphia District Attorney ushered in DA Larry Krasner for a second term. He was sworn in by the Hon. Lisa Rau, and then delivered remarks, including his administration’s intention to become more active in addressing the...
PHILADELPHIA (December 30, 2021) – City and community leaders on Thursday memorialized the lives lost and forever traumatized by gun violence in Philadelphia and urged gun owners to exercise basic common sense ahead of New Year’s celebrations. Pennsylvania Sen. Sharif Street, District...
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics (DATA) Lab has published three data stories covering shooting clearance and arrest rates and recent changes to our monthly Incidents-Arrests-Charges graphics. In 2021, Philadelphia has seen record-breaking gun violence, but a large...
PHILADELPHIA (December 27, 2021) – The District Attorney’s Office (DAO) on Monday charged SEPTA Transit Police Officer Floyd Whitaker (DOB: 2/10/1962) of Laurel Springs, N.J., for his role in a Taser assault of an unarmed passenger. At approximately 4:00 a.m. on April 12, 2021, a...
PHILADELPHIA (December 22, 2021) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Wednesday issued the following statement on the armed robbery of Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon: “First, I am extremely grateful that Congresswoman Scanlan and an aide who was accompanying her were not physically harmed...
PHILADELPHIA (December 22, 2021) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Wednesday issued the following statement on the shooting of a Philadelphia Police officer responding to a robbery Tuesday night:“I join Philadelphians in wishing this brave officer a swift and full recovery from his...
PHILADELPHIA (December 15, 2021) – The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics (DATA) Lab this week completed a technological update that will improve accuracy of information about crime and justice in Philadelphia for the benefit of law enforcement and criminal legal system...
PHILADELPHIA (December 13, 2021) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Monday announced the arrest and charging of an individual alleged to be responsible for a violent incident over the summer in which several dozen bullets were fired in a residential neighborhood, leaving three people wounded and...
PHILADELPHIA (December 9, 2021) – District Attorney Larry Krasner today issued the following statement: “I know that some inarticulate things I said earlier this week have offended people. The message conveyed through media sound bites is not at all what I meant. Complete answers based on data...