Philadelphia’s district attorney says decades of “stop-and-frisk” policing have led to a downturn in witnesses being willing to testify in active gun cases.
By Todd Shepherd
Benjamin Mannes: As radical criminal justice policies result in record murders, where’s the bully pulpit?
Last year was the deadliest year in Philadelphia’s 340-year history. What is notably absent is any sense of accountability by the political leaders charged with keeping us safe.
By A. Benjamin Mannes
Craig Williams: Stop wasting time and resources and stop gun violence
Stopping gun violence in Philadelphia isn’t about partisan politics. It’s time to stop the blame game and start empowering prosecutors to do the job we need them to do.
By Rep. Craig Williams
Christopher Lynett: Philadelphia DA’s office sheds prosecutors, crimes go unpunished
I used to believe in Larry Krasner. But after two and one-half years working for him, I left the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office disillusioned with his cavalier attitude toward prosecuting crime.
By Christopher Lynett
Philly Lyft driver uses gun to defend self, passenger from armed carjackers
A pair of armed robbers are in the hospital after a Lyft driver shot them during a carjacking.
By Stephen Gutowski
Thom Nickels: What Philadelphia was like the last time it had a 500 murder year
Philadelphia’s murder rate is now worse than it was in 1990. Here is one Philly writer’s account of what the state of crime looked like three decades ago.
By Thom Nickels
Curt Schroder: Pennsylvania once again a top judicial hellhole, with Philly courts leading the way
The American Tort Reform Foundation’s “2021-2022 Judicial Hellholes” report shines a light on Pennsylvania’s overly litigious justice system. It’s time for state lawmakers to reset the scales of justice.
By Curt Shroder
Law enforcement pros condemn Krasner’s ‘willful blindness’ on Philly violence
“He’s ignorant. He’s arrogant. He’s just been doing what he wants to do and now the people are starting to wake up and starting to call him out.”
By Linda Stein
Craig Yeomans: An injunction to stop pointing fingers for crime
It’s time to stop stamping our feet about Larry Krasner. Too much time is wasted yelling about the spark while we ignore the powder keg of crime and deterioration beneath our feet.
By Craig Yeomans
Temple University re-engaging with Philly Police after student murder, despite embrace of “defund” movement
Temple U. will seek more police patrols after a student was murdered near campus. But in 2020, the university was cutting some of its support for the police department.
By Todd Shepherd