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Key element in the article: "The new Philadelphia DA, Larry Krasner, ran for office as a critic of forfeiture. But even his office admits the practice of law e
by NPMaxwell 8y ago
Key element in the article:
"The new Philadelphia DA, Larry Krasner, ran for office as a critic of forfeiture. But even his office admits the practice of law enforcement taking and selling homes will never be completely over.
"'We have not suspended all forfeiture, but we have aggressively narrowed the size and scope,' said Krasner spokesperson Ben Waxman. 'You actually have to be convicted and the property has to be connected to the crime or purchased with proceeds connected to the crime. There could be very small exceptions to this rule, but that's generally it.'"
Seizures were abused much more under the previous DA -- including people losing homes without being convicted. Krasner has stopped the no-conviction seizures, and is dialing the whole thing back.
It's not trivial that this article embarrassing the DA comes out less than 12 months after Krasner was sworn in. He's not loved by the Philly Police.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/12/philadelphia-district-attorney-larry-krasner-criminal-justice-reform.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/12/philadelphia-dis...
- aswanson 8y agoHis predecessor is in jail on corruption charges. He was loved by the police for his civil forfeiture pursuance. Makes sense.
- bilbo0s 8y agoWow. Read a little about the previous DA. Seems like a piece of work. It's surprising to me because I didn't think DA's in other states were quite as corrupt as some of the DA's we've had in Wisconsin are, but apparently Pennsylvania has the corrupt DA problem too.
- gammateam 8y agoWhen I talk to older people, their key distinction presented to other country’s ideologies is the assurance that you own your private property. They’ll giggle and laugh at their perspective of the Chinese system. Yet all levels of government in the US can and do arbitrarily take private property with the thinnest due process, if you can even call it that. Little difference, just whatever you were exposed to the youngest and most impressionable
- tanderson92 8y agoThe title is (intentionally?) sensationalist nonsense since "the Philly DA" is a person not an office, and the analysis is basically entirely about the office under Krasner's predecessors.
- forapurpose 8y agoAdding to your quote and to your point, the next sentence in the article also is important: The office has sold at least one property since Krasner took office ... My understanding is that the reporter could find only one property sold by the current DA.
- blackstrips 8y agoIf there is legally sized property ... what else are they going to do with it?