The True Philadelphia Podcast With Matt O'donnell

Larry Krasner is unlike any district attorney Philadelphia has ever seen. He campaigned on reducing mass incarceration and revolutionizing criminal justice. His critics predicted he would never win the job and are furious that he has followed through with his promises. Some believe Krasner's policies have led to a sense of lawlessness across the city. Krasner and I spoke at length in his Center City office about: being "America's most radical district attorney (1:53), if his election has led to a rise in murders in Philadelphia (2:52), how the opioid epidemic has contributed to violent crime (4:43), how the nation's "deadliest DA" Lynne Abraham is so different from Krasner, a DA who is trying to get the death penalty off the books (6:50), if he believes the last man to be executed in Pennsylvania, Gary Heidnik, deserved execution (8:45), if his opposition to capital punishment is about fairness or morality (9:58), his ongoing battle with Philadelphia's Fraternal Order of Police (10:40), if his views and acti