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Criminal Injustice returns with new episodes in September 2021. Until then, we're reposting some of our favorite interviews. This episode originally appeared April 13, 2021.

In the US, the local prosecutor \u2013 usu the district attorney has a huge influence on the criminal system.\xa0The DA influences who gets prosecuted, for what, how long they serve if convicted \u2013 even who gets the death penalty.\xa0So what happens when the usual tough on crime DA gets replaced \u2013 by someone determined to bring transformational change to prosecution?\xa0

\ufeffWe\u2019ll talk with\xa0Larry Krasner, the unlikely Philly DA; his election and attempt to bring that change to an entrenched system is told in\xa0\u201cPhilly DA,\u201d\xa0a multi-part documentary airing on PBS.\xa0Krasner\u2019s memoir,\xa0\u201cFor the People,\u201d\xa0about his life and career up to the day of his swearing in, will be published the same day.\xa0