
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner vehemently objected to a federal judge referring him for criminal investigation over his efforts to overturn a conviction.
U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond Jr. said Krasner might have committed obstruction of justice and other crimes in his handling of a post-conviction.
‘I refer the DAO, Mr. Krasner, and [his deputy Matthew] Stiegler to this District’s United States Attorney’s Office for investigation and other appropriate action.’
Krasner has backed a man seeking to overturn his second-degree murder conviction through the DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit. Prosecutors say the case was badly botched.
Diamond said that Krasner may have forced prosecutors to accept a false narrative
“I have thus reluctantly concluded that Philadelphia’s highest law enforcement official and one of his top assistants may have violated the
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