The ruling is the latest instance in which courts have questioned one of the primary accomplishments Krasner has touted during his tenure: his office's efforts to exonerate dozens of defendants.
Philly DA Larry Krasner’s office misled court while trying to free a man from death row, federal appeals court rules
Since Krasner took office six years ago, courts have repeatedly questioned whether, in withdrawing the office’s historic opposition to several old death penalty convictions, the district attorney’s office has cut corners or failed in its duty to apprise victims of what it is arguing in court.without providing substantive reasons for doing so — holding that “a district attorney’s concession … is not a substitute for independent judicial review.
A jury concluded that Wharton, angry over a disputed debt, spent months terrorizing the family — repeatedly breaking into their house, ransacking it, and, on one occasion, leaving a threatening note and a doll with a noose around its neck — before he ultimately forced his way inside at knifepoint and killed the couple.
The DA’s office supported Wharton’s claims, saying it had “carefully reviewed the facts and the law” around his case and communicated with the Hart family before reaching that decision.
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