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    Philadelphia DA Wants To Dismantle Mass Incarceration From The Inside Out

    Larry Krasner has been in office since January, and is already taking steps to change the way the city looks at sentencing, parole, bail and incarceration.
    Apr 18, 2018 5 minutes
    Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner at WHYY studios. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

    Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner once called himself “unelectable.” Yet the 57-year-old attorney, known for being as outspoken as he is progressive, was sworn into office in January after winning the November election in a landslide.

    His platform was no less than reforming the criminal justice system, working to end mass incarceration and taking responsibility for the fiscal realities of sentencing. Some have called Krasner’s efforts nothing short of a criminal justice revolution — but he says he doesn’t see it that way.

    “I’m a lawyer” Krasner tells Here & Now‘s Eric Westervelt (@Ericnpr). “We don’t know how to do revolution.”

    But in fact, Krasner is already taking steps to change the way Philadelphia looks at sentencing, parole, bail and incarceration.

    Interview Highlights

    On his of ending mass incarceration and bringing balance back to sentencing

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