Ending Mass Incarceration With Larry Krasner | Why Is This Happening? – Ep 11 | MSNBC

Have you heard about Larry Krasner? He’s a lefty progressive lawyer in Philadelphia that made his name by defending the underdogs, representing activists and suing police officers. Last year, he was elected as Philadelphia’s District Attorney, meaning he now runs the mass incarceration machine he’s spent his decades-long career criticizing. He might be the last person in the world you would expect to be the chief prosecutor for the city of Philadelphia, but if you truly want to see criminal justice reform what better place to start? People looking at the growth of mass incarceration are increasingly focusing on the key role that prosecutors play, and in just six months Krasner has already radically changed that role. Chris Hayes got a chance to talk to Larry Krasner about “storming the palace doors”.
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Ending Mass Incarceration With Larry Krasner | Why Is This Happening? – Ep 11 | MSNBC

21 comments

  1. End MSNBCannibalization of the USA by Following Trump on Twiiter!!!!!!! MSNBCannibals have nothing to offer humanity but societal collapse and then YOU eat your pets and then each other !!

    1. you maybe want to learn about history, it repeats itself, you have been fed a buttload of lies. you choose to eat it up. that’s your fault. seek truth in history and not get blinded by hipe.

    2. Seriously? Following a man, who even cannot master his own mother tongue? Every foreigner with advanced language skills in English as second language gets a hysterical laughing fit. And trust me, every employee of a company or entity with international liason must have at least advanced English skills.

  2. What about all the idiotic sentences… 400 years in prison, it’s impossible. Is a million years in jail a worse sentence? 😆

    1. Your life without parole would be a better sentence. I didn’t realize a life sentence only equals 7 years in jail. I had thought it was LIFE!, which is what it was intended to be.

    2. @Sharon MoresI guess the sentence itselve has kind of a symbolic meaning to adress the serverance of the graveness of the guilt. Whereas the real time to serve has to do with legal philosophy and the capacity of incarceration facilities.

  3. Oh my gosh! the 3×5 index cards! now you are talking my language. I didn’t vote in Obama’s 1st term, because I felt it was a setup. I noticed that the news was already saying that he was winning each state 1 month to the day PRIOR to our election days. I still think hillary would have made an excellent president. She has worked hard for everything she has accomplished. Having said that, once Obama got in office, He won me over! I think he was a great president!

  4. For profit prisons are the first reform needed. Judges pensions based on the length of time of sentences is evil.

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